G3152
μάταιος
futile
μάταιος, -ον (as in Att.., but -αία, -αιον, 1Co.15:17, 1Pe.1:18; μάτην), [in LXX for שָׁוְא, הֶבֶל, כָּזָב, etc. ;] vain, useless: ἀνωφελὴς κ. μ., Tit.3:9; πίστις, 1Co.15:17; θρησκεία, Jas.1:26; διαλογισμοί, 1Co.3:20 (LXX); ἀναστροφή, 1Pe.1:18; of idols and heathen gods, τὰ μ. (Jer.2:5, 4Ki.17:15, al.): Act.14:15 SYN.: κενός, q.v (AS)
The KJV translates G3152 in the following manner:
vain (10x), vanities (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
μάταιος — mátaios
μάταιος, μάταια (1Co 15:17; (1Pe 1:18)), μάταιον, also μάταιος, μάταιον (Jas 1:26; Tit 3:9) (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157; Winer's Grammar, § 11, 1) (from μάτην), the Sept. for הֶבֶל, שָׁוְא, כָּזָב (a lie), etc.; as in secular authors (Latincanus) devoid of force, truth, success, result (A. V. uniformly vain): universally, ἡ θρησκεία, Jas 1:26; useless, to no purpose, ἡ πίστις, 1Co 15:17; foolish, διαλογισμοί, 1Co 3:20; ζητήσεις, Tit 3:9; given to vain things and leading away from salvation, ἀναστροφή, 1Pe 1:18. τά μάταια, vain things, vanities, of heathen deities and their worship (הֶבֶל, Jer 2:5; Jer 10:3; הַהֶבֶל אַחֲרֵי יָלַך, πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω τῶν ματαίων, 2Ki 17:15; הֲבָלִים, μάταια, Jer 8:19; εἴδωλα, Deu 32:21; Jer 14:22): Act 14:15. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlix.)
6 occurrences
Acts (1), I Corinthians (2), Titus (1), James (1), I Peter (1)