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μάταιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάταιος μάταιᾱ μάταιον

Structure: μαται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ma/th

Sense

  1. vain, empty, idle, trifling, frivolous
  2. thoughtless, rash, irreverent, profane, impious, seriousness, gravity
  3. idly, without ground

Examples

  • οὐ λήψει τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐπί ματαίῳ. οὐ γὰρ μὴ καθαρίσῃ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου τὸν λαμβάνοντα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ματαίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 20:7)
  • οὐ λήψῃ τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐπὶ ματαίῳ. οὐ γὰρ μὴ καθαρίσῃ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου τὸν λαμβάνοντα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ματαίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 5:11)
  • ἀθῷοσ χερσὶ καὶ καθαρὸσ τῇ καρδίᾳ, ὃσ οὐκ ἔλαβεν ἐπὶ ματαίῳ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ὤμοσεν ἐπὶ δόλῳ τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 23:4)

Synonyms

  1. vain

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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