ματαιότης
mataiotēs · futility
Greek word · Strong’s number G3153 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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mataiotēs (ματαιότης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “futility”.
Emptiness: what does not reach its goal.
How to say it
ma·tai·o·tēs
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
- Emptiness, what achieves nothing; folly.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected it, in hope
- Ephesians 4:17
This therefore I say and testify in the Lord: that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the futility of their mind,
- 2 Peter 2:18
For uttering swelling words of futility, they entice with desires of the flesh, with debaucheries, those who are barely escaping from those who live in error,