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|strgr=from the [[base]] of [[μάτην]]; [[empty]], i.e. ([[literally]]) [[profitless]], or ([[specially]]), an [[idol]]: [[vain]], [[vanity]].
|strgr=from the [[base]] of [[μάτην]]; [[empty]], i.e. ([[literally]]) [[profitless]], or ([[specially]]), an [[idol]]: [[vain]], [[vanity]].
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|txtha=μάταια (μάταιον, [[also]] [[μάταιος]], μάταιον (WH s Appendix, p. 157; Winer's Grammar, § 11,1) (from [[μάτην]]), the Sept. for הֶבֶל, שָׁוְא, כָּזָב (a [[lie]]), etc.; as in [[secular]] authors (Latin canus) devoid of [[force]], [[truth]], [[success]], [[result]] (A. V. [[uniformly]] [[vain]]): [[universally]], ἡ [[θρησκεία]], [[useless]], to no [[purpose]], ἡ [[πίστις]], διαλογισμοί, ζητήσεις, [[ἀναστροφή]], τά μάταια, [[vain]] things, vanities, of heathen deities and [[their]] [[worship]] (הֶבֶל, הַהֶבֶל אַחֲרֵי יָלַך, πορεύεσθαι [[ὀπίσω]] [[τῶν]] ματαίων, הֲבָלִים, μάταια, εἴδωλα, Trench, Synonyms, § xlix.)
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