μάταιος
mátaios
“empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
idle, ineffective, worthless, 1 Cor. 3:20; groundless, deceptive, fallacious, 1 Cor. 15:17; useless, fruitless, unprofitable, Tit. 3:9; Jas. 1:26; from the Hebrew, erroneous in principle, corrupt, perverted, 1 Pet. 1:18; τὰ μάταια, superstition, idolatry, Acts 14:15*
Translated in KJV as
vainvanity
Etymology
from the base of G3155 (μάτην);
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