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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - μάταιος
μάταιος
G3152
Transliteration: mátaios
Pronunciation: mat'-ah-yos
Definition: vain
- Original: μάταιος - Transliteration: Mataios - Phonetic: mat'-ah-yos
- Definition:
1. devoid of force, truth, success, result
2. useless, of no purpose
- Origin: from the base of G3155" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3155 - TDNT entry: 12:39,6 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From the base of G3155" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3155; empty that is (literally) profitless or (specifically) an idol: - vain vanity.