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in vain, to no purpose Original Word: μάτηνTransliteration: matén Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ane) Short Definition: in vain
adverb from acc. of maté (a folly) Definition in vain, to no purpose NASB Word Usage vain (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Accusative case of a derivative of the base of massaomai (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. Unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose -- in vain. see GREEK massaomai
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