Lexicon eiké: without cause or reason, vainly Original Word: εἰκῇPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: eiké Phonetic Spelling: (i-kay') Short Definition: without purpose, in vain Definition: without a cause, purpose; purposelessly, in vain, for nothing. HELPS word-Studies 1500 eikḗ – properly, without cause (ground), without basis and therefore not to be taken seriously (considered valid). This adverb suggests, "What goes to no purpose . . . ". NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originadverb probably akin to hekónDefinitionwithout cause or reason, vainly NASB Translationnothing (1), vain (4), without cause (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1500: εἰκῇεἰκῇ ( L WH Relz εἰκῇ; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 342; Buttmann, 69 (61); ( Winers Grammar, § 5, 4 e.; Jelf, § 324 Obs. 6; Kühner, § 336 Anm. 7; especially Etym. Magn. 78, 26f; and references under the word Iota)), adverb; in Greek writings from Aeschylus down; 1. inconsiderately, without purpose, without just cause: Matthew 5:22 R G Tr brackets; Romans 13:4 (i. e. 'not to hide it in the scabbard, but to draw it' Fritzsche); Colossians 2:18. 2. in vain; without success or effect: 1 Corinthians 15:2; Galatians 3:4; Galatians 4:11. (From Xenophon, Aeschylus down.)
Strong's without a cause, in vain. Probably from eiko (through the idea of failure); idly, i.e. Without reason (or effect) -- without a cause, (in) vain(-ly). see GREEK eiko |
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