# G3155 μάτην

μάτην (mátēn), Strong’s G3155: folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose KJV: in vain. Occurs 23 times.

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*mátēn* — folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose

KJV: in vain

Occurs 23 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 15:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=9) — And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”
- [Mark 7:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=7) — They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
- [2 Maccabees 7:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/16?v=8) — Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.