ματαιότης

mataiotēs

Greek G3153 Noun, feminine 3 occurrences in 3 verses

ματαιότης futility

ματαιότης, -ητος, ἡ

(μάταιος), [in LXX for הֶבֶל, Psa.31:6 39:5 62:9, al., and nearly 40 times in Ec; for שָׁוְא, Psa.25:4, al.; רִיק, etc. ;]

vanity, emptiness, frailty, folly: Rom.8:20, 2Pe.2:18; τ. νοός, Eph.4:17 (elsewhere only in Pollux, 6, 134, and Eccl.).†

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Concordance 3 verses

Romans 8:20 ματαιότητι

For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
Ephesians 4:17 ματαιότητι

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
2 Peter 2:18 ματαιότητος

With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.