◄ 3155. matén ►
Strong's Concordance matén: in vain, to no purpose Original Word: μάτην Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: matén Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ane) Short Definition: in vain Definition: 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). 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 Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 3155 2 Occurrences μάτην — 2 Occ. 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 2 Occurrences