G3155 · μάτην
mátēn · vain
G3155 (mátēn) is the Greek word μάτην in Strong’s dictionary: folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose. It appears 2 times in 2 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- μάτην (Greek)
- Transliteration
- mátēn
- Derivation
- accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145 (μασσάομαι) (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment);
- Definition
- folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose
- Rendered in the KJV
- in vain
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
2 occurrences in 2 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “in vain” ×2
By book
Matthew 1 · Mark 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with G3155.