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Koine Greek wordlink #147856

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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