futility • ματαιότης

Lexical Definition

‎ματαιότης‎ mataiótēs (mat-ah-yot'-ace) futility ^G:N-F
from ‎μάταιος‎

vanity.

Usage: 7 forms in 57 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
ματαιότητόσ	of my folly	LXX.Eccl.7.15
	of your folly	LXX.Eccl.9.9 • LXX.Eccl.9.9
ματαιότητοσ	folly	LXX.Ps.62.9
	of folly	LXX.Ps.26.4
	of his folly	LXX.Eccl.6.12
	of vanity	2Pet.2.18
ματαιότητι	folly	LXX.Ps.78.33 • LXX.Ps.144.4 • LXX.Eccl.6.4
	futility	Rom.8.20 • Eph.4.17
	his folly	LXX.Ps.52.7
ματαιότητασ	follies	LXX.Ps.31.6 • LXX.Ps.38.12 • LXX.Ps.40.4
ματαιότητα	and folly	LXX.Prov.22.8
	folly	LXX.Ps.4.2 • LXX.Ps.119.37 • LXX.Ps.139.20 • LXX.Ps.144.8 • LXX.Ps.144.11 • LXX.Eccl.4.7 • LXX.Eccl.6.11
ματαιότησ	a folly	LXX.Eccl.8.14
	folly	LXX.Ps.39.5 • LXX.Eccl.1.2 • LXX.Eccl.1.2 • LXX.Eccl.1.2 • LXX.Eccl.1.14 • LXX.Eccl.2.1 • LXX.Eccl.2.11 • LXX.Eccl.2.15 • LXX.Eccl.2.17 • LXX.Eccl.2.19 • LXX.Eccl.2.21 • LXX.Eccl.2.26 • LXX.Eccl.3.19 • LXX.Eccl.4.4 • LXX.Eccl.4.8 • LXX.Eccl.4.16 • LXX.Eccl.5.10 • LXX.Eccl.6.2 • LXX.Eccl.6.9 • LXX.Eccl.7.6 • LXX.Eccl.8.10 • LXX.Eccl.8.14 • LXX.Eccl.9.2 • LXX.Eccl.11.8 • LXX.Eccl.11.10 • LXX.Eccl.12.8 • LXX.Eccl.12.8
	is folly	LXX.Eccl.2.23
ματαιοτήτων	follies	LXX.Eccl.5.7
	of follies	LXX.Eccl.1.2 • LXX.Eccl.1.2 • LXX.Eccl.12.8

Abbott-Smith

† ματαιότης, -ητος, ἡ (< μάταιος), [in LXX for הֶבֶל, Ps 30 (31):6 38 (39):5* 61 (62):9, al., and nearly 40 times in Ec; for שָׁוְא, Ps 25:4*, al.; רִיק, etc.;]
vanity, emptiness, frailty, folly: Ro 8:20, II Pe 2:18; τ. νοός, Eph 4:17 (elsewhere only in Pollux, 6, 134, and Eccl.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ματαιότης, ητος, ἡ,

vanity, purposelessness, ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων [LXX+1st c.AD+]; folly, ἀνθρώπων [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Eccl.1.2 ☩ Rom.8.20}