Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
in vain, fruitlessly, without profit, Mt. 15:9; Mk. 7:7*
Translated in KJV as
in vain
Etymology
accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145 (μασσάομαι) (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment);
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