# G1500 εἰκῆ

εἰκῆ (eikē), Strong’s G1500: idly, i.e. without reason (or effect) KJV: without a cause, (in) vain(-ly). Occurs 6 times.

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*eikē* — idly, i.e. without reason (or effect)

KJV: without a cause, (in) vain(-ly)

Derived from [εἴκω eíkō](https://besorah.bible/word/G1502) (to be weak, i.e. yield)

Occurs 6 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Romans 13:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/13?v=4) — for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword…
- [1 Corinthians 15:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/15?v=2) — by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
- [Galatians 3:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/3?v=4) — Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
- [Galatians 4:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/galatians/4?v=11) — I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
- [Colossians 2:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/colossians/2?v=18) — Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has…