ματαίως
in vain, vainly
Where this word appears
Every passage where ματαίως appears in the Greek Septuagint — 5 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- 1 Kings 20:25 ματαίως But Achaab did wickedly, in that he sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his wife Jezabel led him astray.
- Job 35:16 ματαίως Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
- Psalms 3:8 ματαίως Deliverance is the Lord's, and your blessing is upon your people.
- Psalms 72:13 ματαίως And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.
- Psalms 88:48 ματαίως What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall any one deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.
About this word
About this word
ματαίως (mataíōs), “in vain, vainly,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 5 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
