Greek Study
Strong's Concordance G3155
μάτην
A readable Greek dictionary entry from Strong's Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Greek form
- μάτην
- Transliteration
- maten
- Pronunciation
- {mat'-ane}
- Occurrences
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- Glosses
- accusative case of a derivative of the base of 3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose:--in vain.
- Related source reference
- see GREEK for 3145
- Strong’s number
- G3155
- Definition
- accusative case of a derivative of the base of 3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose:--in vain.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary; CrossWire SWORD StrongsGreek module 2.0; historical public-domain lexicon wording preserved.
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<entryFree n="3155"> <orth>μάτην</orth><lb/> <orth type="writing">mavthn</orth> <orth rend="bold" type="trans">maten</orth> <pron rend="italic">{mat'-ane}</pron> <def> accusative case of a derivative of the base of 3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose:--in vain. <lb/> see GREEK for 3145 </def> </entryFree>