Strong's Concordance matén: in vain, to no purpose Original Word: μάτηνPart 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. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 3155 mátēn (an adverb) – properly, "aimlessly"; pointless, without ground or any real purpose (fruitfulness). See 3152 (mataios). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originadverb from acc. of maté (a folly) Definition in vain, to no purpose NASB Translation vain (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3155: μάτηνμάτην (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 mátēnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 15:9 AdvGRK: 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 |
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