ματαιότης
mataiotēs
- futility
- vanity
- emptiness
- frailty
- folly
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: 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.).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: vanity; emptiness; frailty; folly
vanity; emptiness; frailty; folly