Lexicon mataioó: to make vain, foolish Original Word: ματαιόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mataioó Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yo'-o) Short Definition: I become vain Definition: I become vain or foolish, am perverted. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 3154 mataióō (from 3152 /mátaios) – become aimless ("pointless"). See 3152 (mataios). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom mataiosDefinitionto make vain, foolish NASB Translationbecame futile (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3154: ματαιόωματαιόω: ( μάταιος); 1 aorist passive ἐματαιώθην; to make empty, vain, foolish: ἐματαιώθησαν ἐν τοῖς διαλογισμοῖς αὐτῶν, were brought to folly in their thoughts, i. e. fell into error, Romans 1:21. ( 2 Kings 17:15; Jeremiah 2:5; 1 Chronicles 21:8; (etc.); nowhere in Greek authors.)
Strong's become vain. From mataios; to render (passively, become) foolish, i.e. (morally) wicked or (specially), idolatrous -- become vain. see GREEK mataios |
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