Greek adverb · G1500
εἰκῆ
eikei-kay'
without cause; vainly, fruitlessly, to no purpose
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eikē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1500is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1500
idly, i.e. without reason (or effect)
The King James renders it: without a cause, (in) vain(-ly).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eike is rendered "without cause; vainly, fruitlessly, to no purpose". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Galatians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "without cause".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 13:4For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
Romans 13:4εἰκῇ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Galatians.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: without cause, and vainly, fruitlessly, to no purpose.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| without causeor reason | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again… |
| vainly, fruitlessly, to no purposeRom.13:4, 1Co.15:2, Gal.3:4 4:11, Col.2:18.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 13:4For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- εἰκῇ5
- εἰκῇ.¶1
The grammar of each form
- adverb6ADV
Romans
one use
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- εἰκῇeikeaadverbtagged: in vain
1 Corinthians
one use
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
- εἰκῇeikeaadverbtagged: in vain
Galatians
three uses
Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?
- εἰκῇeikeaadverbtagged: in vain
- εἰκῇ.¶eikeaadverbtagged: in vain
I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
- εἰκῇeikeaadverbtagged: in vain
Colossians
one use
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
- εἰκῇeikeaadverbtagged: vainly
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.