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Greek · Strong's G3154

ματαιόω

mataioomat-ah-yo'-o

to render (passively, become) foolish, i.e. (morally) wicked or (specially), idolatrous

1890 spelling: mataióō

  • μ40
  • α1
  • τ300
  • α1
  • ι10
  • ο70
  • ω800

Isopsephy 1,222

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to render (passively, become) foolish, i.e. (morally) wicked or (specially), idolatrous

Rendered in the KJV as

become vain.

  • 1
    occurrencein the New Testament
  • 1 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 1
    inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 1 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

  • ἐματαιώθησαν1

How it is rendered · 1

  • they became futile1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

  • verb · aorist (simple past) passive, statement · 3rd person plural1
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  • V-API-3P · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).