Greek word study

μάτηνmátēn — in vain

in vain, in an unreal way, to no purpose.

Translated in the King James as: in vain

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Origin: 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);

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.