μᾰταιότης · mataiotēs — LSJ
vanity, purposelessness, folly
vanity, purposelessness, ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων LXX Ec. 1.2, cf. Ph. 1.426; τῇ μ. ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη Ep.Rom. 8.20; folly, ἀνθρώπων Phld. Rh. 2.26 S.
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μᾰταιότης
mataiotes · ἡ
vanity, purposelessness
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- ματαιότητος · mataiotētos New Testament, 2 Peter 2.18 (DIORISIS sentence 26)
- ματαιότητι · mataiotēti New Testament, Ephesians 4.17 (DIORISIS sentence 36)
- ματαιότητι · mataiotēti New Testament, Romans 8.20 (DIORISIS sentence 210)
- ματαιότης · mataiotēs Septuaginta, Ecclesiastes 11
- ματαιότης · mataiotēs Septuaginta, Ecclesiastes 11
- ματαιότης · mataiotēs Septuaginta, Ecclesiastes 12
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