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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #3150 - ματαιολογία
Transliteration
mataiología
Phonetics
mat-ah-yol-og-ee'-ah
Origin
from (G3151)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TDNT
4:524,571
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- vain talking, empty talk
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (1)
1 Timothy
1
BSB (1)
1 Timothy
1
CSB (1)
1 Timothy
1
ESV (1)
1 Timothy
1
KJV (1)
1 Timothy
1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (2)
1 Timothy
2
N95 (2)
1 Timothy
2
NAS (2)
1 Timothy
2
NLT (1)
1 Timothy
1
WEB (1)
1 Timothy
1
YLT (1)
1 Timothy
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
μᾰταιο-λογία, ἡ,
idle talk, Diogenian.Epicur. 2.16, 1 Timothy 1:6, Plu. 2.6f, Vett.Val. 150.24 (pl.), al., Porph. Abst. 4.16.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
ματαιολογία, ματαιολογιας, ἡ (ματαιολόγος), vain talking, empty talk (Vulg. vaniloquium): 1 Timothy 1:6. (Plutarch, mor., p. 6 f.; Porphyry, de abstin. 4, 16.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
*† ματαιολογία , -ας , ἡ
(< ματαιολόγος ),
idle or foolish talk: 1 Timothy 1:6.†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ματαιολογία, ";vain speaking,"; ";empty argument"; (Vg vaniloquium), belongs to the higher Κοινή, and is found ter in Vett. Valens, e.g. p. 257.23 διὰ τὴν φιλονεικίαν διασαφήσω ἐκκόψας τὰς ματαιολογίας : cf. Poimandres 14.4 (ed. Parthey) διὸ τῆς πολυλογίας τε καὶ ματαιολογίας ἀπαλλαγέντας χρὴ νοεῖν κτλ.
The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
ματαιολογιαν ματαιολογίαν mataiologian mataiologían