Word study · Greek
mataiótēs
futility, emptiness
Say it: mat-ah-YOT-ace (approximate)
ματαιότης
What it means
Emptiness, purposelessness, without result. In 4:17, Gentiles live "in the futility of their mind." In Romans 8:20 the creation was "subjected to futility."
Range of meaning
- FutilityHaving no point.
- EmptinessVanity.
In Ephesians
- Chapter 4
"In the futility of their mind" (4:17).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3153 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources