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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3154 - ματαιόω

Transliteration

mataióō

Phonetics

mat-ah-yo'-o

Origin

from (G3152)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

4:523,571

Definition

Thayer's

to make empty, vain, foolish

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1197 ‑ בָּעַר (baw‑ar'); 1891 ‑ הָבַל (haw‑bal'); 7919 ‑ שָׂכַל (saw‑kal'); 205 ‑ אָוֶן (aw'‑ven); 1892 ‑ הֲבֵל (heh'‑bel, hab‑ale'); 2600 ‑ חִנָּם (khin‑nawm'); 7723 ‑ שַׁו (shawv, shav); 7723 ‑ שַׁו (shawv, shav); 8267 ‑ שֶׁקֶר (sheh'‑ker);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

Romans

NAS (2)

Romans

HCS (1)

Romans

BSB (1)

Romans

ESV (1)

Romans

WEB (1)

Romans

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μᾰταιόω,

1. bring to naught, Sch. S. Tr. 258, Gloss.

2. ματαιοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς ὅρασιν invent a vision of their own, LXX Jeremiah 23:16.

1. more freq. in Pass., to be brought to naught, οὐ ματαιωθήσεται τὰ ῥήματα ib. Ju. 6.4.

2. become foolish, act foolishly, ἐματαιώθην σφόδρα ib. 1 Chronicles 21:8, cf. Romans 1:21; μεματαίωταί σοι thou hast done foolishly, LXX 1 Samuel 13:13.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† ματαιόω , -ῶ

(< μάταιος ),

[in LXX: 2 Kings 17:15, Jeremiah 2:5, al. H1891, etc.;]

to make vain, foolish: Romans 1:21.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

εματαιώθην εματαιωθησαν εματαιώθησαν ἐματαιώθησαν ματαιούσιν ματαίως μεματαίωμαι μεματαίωταί emataiothesan emataiōthēsan emataiṓthesan emataiṓthēsan

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