G3155 μάτην
mátēn — folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose
KJV: in vain
Occurs 23 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Matthew 15:9 — And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
- Mark 7:7 — They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
- 2 Maccabees 7:18 — After him they brought the sixth. When he was about to die, he said, “Don’t be vainly deceived, for we suffer these…
- 2 Maccabees 7:34 — But you, O unholy man and of all most vile, don’t be vainly lifted up in your wild pride with uncertain hopes, raising…
- 4 Maccabees 16:8 — Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.