εἰκῆ
eikē · in vain, without cause
Greek word · Strong’s number G1500 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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eikē (εἰκῆ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “in vain, without cause”.
In vain, to no purpose; also without cause.
How to say it
ei·kē
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To no purpose; with no cause.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- vain ×5
- without reason ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Romans 13:4
for it is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is God’s servant, an avenger for wrath on the one who practices evil.
- 1 Corinthians 15:2
through which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word in which I proclaimed it to you, unless you believed in vain.
- Galatians 3:4
Did you suffer so many things in vain? —if indeed it was really in vain.
- Galatians 4:11
I fear for you, that somehow I have labored over you in vain.
- Colossians 2:18
Let no one disqualify you, delighting in humility and the worship of angels, entering into what he has seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his flesh,
And 1 more times.