3155. matén
Strong's Concordance
matén: in vain, to no purpose
Original Word: μάτην
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: matén
Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ane)
Definition: in vain, to no purpose
Usage: in vain, in an unreal way, to no purpose.
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Cognate: 3155 mátēn (an adverb) – properly, "aimlessly"; pointless, without ground or any real purpose (fruitfulness). See 3152 (mataios).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
adverb from acc. of maté (a folly)
Definition
in vain, to no purpose
NASB Translation
vain (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3155: μάτην

μάτην (accusative (cf. Winers Grammar, 230 (216); Buttmann, § 131, 12) of μάτη, equivalent to ματία, a futile attempt, folly, fault), adverb, from Pindar, Aeschylus down, in vain, fruitlessly: Matthew 15:9 and Mark 7:7, after Isaiah 29:13 the Sept..

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
in vain.

Accusative case of a derivative of the base of massaomai (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. Unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose -- in vain.

see GREEK massaomai

Forms and Transliterations
ματην μάτην maten matēn máten mátēn
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 15:9 Adv
GRK: μάτην δὲ σέβονταί
NAS: BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP
KJV: But in vain they do worship me,
INT: in vain moreover they worship

Mark 7:7 Adv
GRK: μάτην δὲ σέβονταί
NAS: BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP
KJV: Howbeit in vain do they worship me,
INT: in vain moreover they worship

Strong's Greek 3155
2 Occurrences


μάτην — 2 Occ.









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