{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G3155",
  "lemma": "μάτην",
  "transliteration": "mátēn",
  "definition": "folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose",
  "kjv": "in vain",
  "occurrences": 23,
  "language": "Greek",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 15:9",
      "text": "And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Mark 7:7",
      "text": "They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 7:18",
      "text": "After him they brought the sixth. When he was about to die, he said, “Don’t be vainly deceived, for we suffer these…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/7?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 7:34",
      "text": "But you, O unholy man and of all most vile, don’t be vainly lifted up in your wild pride with uncertain hopes, raising…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/7?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 16:8",
      "text": "Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/16?v=8"
    }
  ],
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