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Koine Greek wordlink #146872

SR GNT Yac 1:26 μάταιος (mataios) ‘the heart of him of this one useless is his religion’ Strongs=31520 Lemma=mataios
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form μάταιος (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μάταιος’ (S-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘useless is’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘mataios’ have 3 different glosses: ‘useless’, ‘useless is’, ‘useless things’.

Greek words (8) other than μάταιος (S-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘useless’

MAT 25:30 ἀχρεῖον (aⱪreion) A-AMS Lemma=aχreios ‘and the useless slave throw_out into’ SR GNT Mat 25:30 word 3

OET-LV: 30 And throw _out the useless slave into the the outer darkness. There will _be the weeping and the grating of_ the _teeth. (MAT_25:30)

OET-RV: 30 So throw that useless slave out into the darkness where there’ll be crying and great anguish. (MAT 25:30)

LUKE 17:10 Ἀχρεῖοι (Aⱪreioi) A-NMP Lemma=aχreios ‘to you_all be saying slaves useless we are what we were ought’ SR GNT Luke 17:10 word 16

OET-LV: 10 Thus also you _all whenever you _all _may _do all the things having _been _directed to _you _all, be _saying, we _are that Useless slaves, we _have _done what we _were _ought to _do. (LUK_17:10)

OET-RV: 10 So too when you all do what you’ve been told to do, just say, ‘We’re useless slaves—we’ve just done what we were told.’ ” (LUK 17:10)

ACTs 14:15 ματαίων (mataiōn) S-GNP ‘you_all from these useless things to_be turning_back to god’ SR GNT Acts 14:15 word 26

OET-LV: 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. (ACT_14:15)

OET-RV: 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. (ACT 14:15)

1 COR 3:20 μάταιοι (mataioi) S-NMP ‘wise that they are useless’ SR GNT 1 Cor 3:20 word 12

OET-LV: 20 And furthermore: The_master is _knowing the speculations of _the wise, that they _are useless. (CO1_3:20)

OET-RV: 20 And further: ‘Yahweh knows that the thoughts of wise people are useless.’ (CO1 3:20)

1 COR 15:17 ματαία (mataia) S-NFS ‘chosen_one/messiah not has_been raised useless the faith of you_all’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:17 word 6

OET-LV: 17 and if chosen _one /messiah not has _been _raised, useless the faith of _you _all, and still you _all _are in the sins of _you _all. (CO1_15:17)

OET-RV: 17 but if Messiah didn’t come back to life, then your faith is wasted and you’re all still just unforgiven sinners. (CO1 15:17)

TIT 3:9 μάταιοι (mataioi) S-NMP ‘for unprofitable and useless’ SR GNT Tit 3:9 word 17

OET-LV: 9 But be _avoiding foolish debates, and genealogies, and strifes, and legal quarrels, they _are for unprofitable and useless. (TIT_3:9)

OET-RV: 9 But avoid foolish debates, arguments about ancestry, other strife, and quarrels about God’s commands because they all achieve nothing and waste time. (TIT 3:9)

PHM 1:11 ἄχρηστον (aⱪraʸston) S-AMS Lemma=aχrēstos ‘once to you useless right_now but to you’ SR GNT Phm 1:11 word 4

OET-LV: 11 which once to _you useless, but right _now to _you and to _me useful, (PHM_1:11)

OET-RV: 11 Before, he was useless to you, but now he’s useful to both of us. (PHM 1:11)

1 PET 1:18 ματαίας (mataias) S-GFS ‘you_all were redeemed from the useless of you_all conduct inherited_from_forefathers’ SR GNT 1 Pet 1:18 word 13

OET-LV: 18 having _known that you _all _were _redeemed not by _perishable things, by _silver or by _gold, from the useless conduct of _you _all inherited _from _forefathers, (PE1_1:18)

OET-RV: 18 knowing that when you were in slavery due to your poor conduct that you inherited from your ancestors, you weren’t bought out of that by payment of things that decay like silver or gold, (PE1 1:18)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular GNP=genitive,neuter,plural NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular