3155. matén
Strong's Concordance
matén: in vain, to no purpose
Original Word: μάτην
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: matén
Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ane)
Short Definition: in vain
Definition: in vain, in an unreal way, to no purpose.
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Cognate: 3155 mátēn (an adverb) – properly, "aimlessly"; pointless, without ground or any real purpose (fruitfulness). See 3152 (mataios).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3155: μάτην

μάτην (accusative (cf. Winers Grammar, 230 (216); Buttmann, § 131, 12) of μάτη, equivalent to ματία, a futile attempt, folly, fault), adverb, from Pindar, Aeschylus down, in vain, fruitlessly: Matthew 15:9 and Mark 7:7, after Isaiah 29:13 the Sept..

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
in vain.

Accusative case of a derivative of the base of massaomai (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. Unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose -- in vain.

see GREEK massaomai

Forms and Transliterations
ματην μάτην maten matēn máten mátēn
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Strong's Greek 3155
2 Occurrences


μάτην — 2 Occ.

Matthew 15:9 Adv
GRK: μάτην δὲ σέβονταί
NAS: BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP
KJV: But in vain they do worship me,
INT: in vain moreover they worship

Mark 7:7 Adv
GRK: μάτην δὲ σέβονταί
NAS: BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP
KJV: Howbeit in vain do they worship me,
INT: in vain moreover they worship

2 Occurrences

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