GreekG3153Noun (Feminine)

ματαιότης

mataiotēs

3Occurrences
G3153Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity

from G3152 (μάταιος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
vanity, emptiness, frailty, folly: νοός, (elsewhere only in Pollux, 6, 134, and Eccl.).
LXX: for הֶבֶל, and nearly 40 times in Ec; for שָׁוְא, רִיק, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ματαιότης appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Peter
1
Ephesians
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

2 Peter 2:18BSB

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.

Ephesians 4:17BSB

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.

Romans 8:20BSB

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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