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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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μάταιος

Strong’s: G3152

Associated OET lemmas: μάταιος

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: μάταιος; -α, -ον

Related lemmas: ματαιόομαι

Sense 1: useless, futile, empty, futility

Semantic entry: 65.37

Semantic domains: Value

Subdomains: Useful, Useless

Definition: pertaining to being useless on the basis of being futile and lacking in content

Show passage in OET: ACT 14:15

OET-RV ACT 14:15

15 shouting, “Men, why are you doing all these things? We are only humans just like all of you. We were bringing you the good message about abandoning these useless sacrifices and turning to the living God who made heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

OET-LV ACT 14:15

15 and saying:
Men, why are_you_all_doing these things?
We also are humans like_natured with_you_all, evangelizing you_all to_be_turning_back from these the useless things to living god:
who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all the things in them.
Show passage in OET: CO1 3:20

OET-RV CO1 3:20

20 And further: ‘Yahweh knows that the thoughts of wise people are useless.’

OET-LV CO1 3:20

20 And furthermore:
The_master is_knowing the speculations of_the wise, that they_are useless.

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Jump to OET CO1 3:20 section.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: OET ACT 14:15

CO1: OET CO1 3:20 · OET CO1 15:17

TIT: OET TIT 3:9

JAM: OET JAM 1:26

PE1: OET PE1 1:18