ματαιότης (mataiotēs) means “futility” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: mat-ah-yot'-ace Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ματαιότης · mataiotēs · futility
ματαιότης, -ητος, ἡ (μάταιος), [in LXX for הֶבֶל, Psa.31:6 39:5 62:9, al., and nearly 40 times in Ec; for שָׁוְא, Psa.25:4, al.; רִיק, etc. ;] vanity, emptiness, frailty, folly: Rom.8:20, 2Pe.2:18; τ. νοός, Eph.4:17 (elsewhere only in Pollux, 6, 134, and Eccl.).† (AS)
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vanity, emptiness, unreality, purposelessness, ineffectiveness, instability, frailty; false religion.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
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| but empty | 1 |
| futility | 1 |
| the futility | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
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| of vanity | 1 |
| the vanity | 1 |
| to vanity | 1 |
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For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
Read word by wordSo I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Read word by wordWith lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
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