Greek root word (lemma) ‘ματαιόω’ (mataioō)

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This root form (lemma) ‘ματαιόω’ is used in only one form in the Greek originals: ἐματαιώθησαν (1, V-IAP3··P).

It is glossed in only one way: ‘they were made_useless’(1).

Have 1 use of Greek root word (lemma) ‘mataioō’ (verb) in the Greek originals

Rom 1:21 ἐματαιώθησαν (emataiōthaʸsan) IAP3··P ‘or they gave_thanks but they were made_useless in the speculations’ SR GNT Rom 1:21 word 12

OET-LV: 21 Because having_known the god, not as god they_glorified or they_gave_thanks, but they_were_made_useless in the speculations of_them, and was_darkened the unintelligent of_them heart. (ROM 1:21)

OET-RV: 21 Even though they know about God, they didn’t honour or thank him, but their theories made them incompetent and their minds turned from perception towards darkness. (ROM 1:21)

Key: V=verb