ματαιότης
mataiotēs
“futility”
Definition
inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity
from G3152 (μάταιος);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ματαιότης appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
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