Word study · Greek
mataiología
vain talking
Say it: mat-ah-yol-og-EE-ah (approximate)
ματαιολογία
What it means
Empty talk (mataios "vain" plus logos "word"). In 1:6, some "have turned away to vain talking." It appears only here.
Range of meaning
- Vain talkTalk without result.
- Empty argumentWords that lead nowhere.
In 1 Timothy
- Chapter 1
"Turned away to vain talking" (1:6).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3150 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources