Original Word: ματαιότης
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: mataiotés
Pronunciation: mah-tah-yot'-ace
Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yot'-ace)
KJV: vanity
NASB: futility, vanity
Word Origin: [from G3152 (μάταιος - worthless)]

1. inutility
2. (figuratively) transientness
3. (morally) depravity

vanity.

From mataios; inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity -- vanity.

see GREEK mataios

Cognate: 3153 mataiótēs (a noun) – aimlessness due to lacking purpose or any meaningful end; nonsense because transitory.

Word Origin
from mataios
Definition
vanity, emptiness
NASB Translation
futility (2), vanity (1).

STRONGS NT 3153: ματαιότης

ματαιότης, ματαιότητος, ἡ (μάταιος, which see), a purely Biblical and ecclesiastical word ((Pollux 50:6 c. 32 § 134)); the Sept. for הֶבֶל (often in Ecclesiastes), also for שָׁוְא, etc.; vanity;

a. what is devoid of truth and appropriateness: ὑπέρογκα ματαιότητος (genitive of quality), 2 Peter 2:18.

b. perverseness, depravation: τοῦ νως, Ephesians 4:17.

c. frailty, want of vigor: Romans 8:20.

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