ματαιότης
mataiotēsfutilityHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine3 occurrences3 books3 verses
Definition
ματαιότης, -ητος, ἡ
(μάταιος), [in LXX for הֶבֶל, Psalm 31:6; 39:5; 62:9, al., and nearly 40 times in Ec; for שָׁוְא, Psalm 25:4, al.; רִיק, etc. ;]
vanity, emptiness, frailty, folly: Romans 8:20, 2 Peter 2:18; τ. νοός, Ephesians 4:17 (elsewhere only in Pollux, 6, 134, and Eccl.).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ματαιότης:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Romans 8:20ματαιότητι · futilityFor the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
- Ephesians 4:17ματαιότητι · [the] futilitySo 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.
- 2 Peter 2:18ματαιότητος · [but] emptyWith 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.