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|Full diacritics=μᾰταιόω
|Medium diacritics=ματαιόω
|Low diacritics=ματαιόω
|Capitals=ΜΑΤΑΙΟΩ
|Transliteration A=mataióō
|Transliteration B=mataioō
|Transliteration C=mataioo
|Beta Code=mataio/w
|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bring to naught</b>, Sch.<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>258</span>, <span class="title">Gloss.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ματαιοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς ὅρασιν</b> <b class="b2">invent</b> a vision of their own, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Je.</span>23.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> more freq. in Pass., <b class="b2">to be brought to naught</b>, <b class="b3">οὐ ματαιωθήσεται τὰ ῥήματα</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ju.</span>6.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">become foolish, act foolishly</b>, <b class="b3">ἐματαιώθην σφόδρα</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ch.</span>21.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>1.21</span>; <b class="b3">μεματαίωταί σοι</b> thou <b class="b2">hast done foolishly</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>13.13</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''ματαιόω''': ἴδε [[ματαιόομαι]].
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