μάταιος
Adjective
mataios · futile
Strong's ID: 3152
Lexical summary
6
NT occurrences
6
Observed forms
About this Greek word
Idle, ineffective, worthless, 1 Cor. 3:20; groundless, deceptive, fallacious, 1 Cor. 15:17; useless, fruitless, unprofitable, Tit. 3:9; Jas. 1:26; from the Hebrew, erroneous in principle, corrupt, perverted, 1 Pet. 1:18; τὰ μάταια, superstition, idolatry, Acts 14:15*
Observed NT forms
These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.
Adjective declension
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| Accusative | — | — | — | — | |
| Vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| Plural | Nominative | — | |||
| Genitive | — | — | |||
| Dative | — | — | — | — | |
| Accusative | — | — | — | — | |
| Vocative | — | — | — | — |
NT distribution
NT Book
μάταιος
Book distribution counts: 1 Corinthians: 2 occurrences; Acts: 1 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences; Titus: 1 occurrences; 1 Peter: 1 occurrences
Author
μάταιος
- Paul3
- Luke1
- James1
- Peter1
Author distribution counts: Paul: 3 occurrences; Luke: 1 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences; Peter: 1 occurrences