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Strong's Exhausive Concised Dictionary - μάτην
μάτην
G3155
Transliteration: mátēn
Pronunciation: mat'-ane
Definition: in vain
μάτην (mátēn | mat'-ane)
[Grk]μάτην LN: 89.54 GK: G3472" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3472
Derivation: accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment);
Strong's: folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose
KJV: --in vain.
See: G3145" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3145
[Grk]
Derivation: accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment);
Strong's: folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose
KJV: --in vain.
See: G3145" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3145