Strong's Concordance mataioó: to make vain, foolish Original Word: ματαιόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mataioó Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yo'-o) Short Definition: I become vain Definition: I become vain or foolish, am perverted. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 3154 mataióō (from 3152 /mátaios) – become aimless ("pointless"). See 3152 (mataios). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3154: ματαιόωματαιόω: (μάταιος); 1 aorist passive ἐματαιώθην; to make empty, vain, foolish: ἐματαιώθησαν ἐν τοῖς διαλογισμοῖς αὐτῶν, were brought to folly in their thoughts, i. e. fell into error, Romans 1:21. (2 Kings 17:15; Jeremiah 2:5; 1 Chronicles 21:8; (etc.); nowhere in Greek authors.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance become vain. From mataios; to render (passively, become) foolish, i.e. (morally) wicked or (specially), idolatrous -- become vain. see GREEK mataios Forms and Transliterations εματαιώθην εματαιωθησαν εματαιώθησαν ἐματαιώθησαν ματαιούσιν ματαίως μεματαίωμαι μεματαίωταί emataiothesan emataiōthēsan emataiṓthesan emataiṓthēsanLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 31541 Occurrence ἐματαιώθησαν — 1 Occ. Romans 1:21 V-AIP-3P GRK: ηὐχαρίστησαν ἀλλ' ἐματαιώθησαν ἐν τοῖς NAS: give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, KJV: but became vain in INT: were thankful but they became futile in the |