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Rahlfs Septuagint lexicon

ματαιος

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ματαιος
Common glosses	superficial
Transliteration	mataia, mataiois, mataion, mataiō, mataioi, mataiōn, mataian, mataious
Pronunciation	matea, mateon, mateiys, mateo, mateiy, matean, mateus, mateos
Total occurrences	75
First reference	Exod.20.7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual Septuagint occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
μάταια	adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Hos.6.8 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Isa.32.6 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Lam.4.17 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Zeph.3.13 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Prov.12.11 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Lam.2.14 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Zech.10.2 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Od.6.9 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Hos.12.2 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Ezek.13.19 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Zech.11.17 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Ezek.13.9 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Ezek.22.28 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Ezek.13.6 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Job.20.18 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Amos.2.4 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Jonah.2.9 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Prov.21.6 adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (A.APN) — Ezek.11.2 adjective, nominative, plural, neuter (A.NPN) — Ezek.8.10 adjective, nominative, plural, neuter (A.NPN) — Isa.30.7 adjective, nominative, plural, neuter (A.NPN) — Jer.10.3
ματαία	adjective, nominative, plural, neuter (A.NPN) — Isa.33.11 adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (A.NSF) — Prov.33.2 adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (A.NSF) — Isa.30.15 adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (A.NSF) — Ps.5.10 adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (A.NSF) — Isa.30.7 adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (A.NSF) — Ps.59.13 adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (A.NSF) — Ps.107.13
μάταιά	adjective, nominative, plural, neuter (A.NPN) — Sir.34.5
μάταιαι	adjective, nominative, plural, feminine (A.NPF) — Ezek.13.8
ματαίᾳ	adjective, dative, singular, feminine (A.DSF) — Ezek.21.34 adjective, dative, singular, feminine (A.DSF) — Isa.30.28
ματαίαν	adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (A.ASF) — Isa.31.2 adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (A.ASF) — Isa.28.29 adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (A.ASF) — Exod.23.1
ματαίας	adjective, accusative, plural, feminine (A.APF) — Ezek.13.7
μάταιοι	adjective, nominative, plural, feminine (A.NPF) — 4Mac.16.7 adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (A.NPM) — Ps.61.10 adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (A.NPM) — Isa.44.9 adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (A.NPM) — Ps.93.11
ματαίοις	adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — 1Kgs.16.26 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — 2Chr.11.15 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — 1Kgs.16.2 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — 1Kgs.16.13 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — Lev.17.7 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — 3Mac.6.11 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — Isa.59.4 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — Isa.2.20 adjective, dative, plural, masculine (A.DPM) — Jer.8.19 adjective, dative, plural, neuter (A.DPN) — Isa.30.15
μάταιον	adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (A.ASM) — Wis.15.8 adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (A.ASM) — Isa.45.19 adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (A.ASN) — Isa.49.4 adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (A.ASN) — Isa.1.13 adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (A.NSN) — Isa.29.8 adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (A.NSN) — Prov.31.30
μάταιος	adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (A.NSM) — Mal.3.14
ματαίους	adjective, accusative, plural, masculine (A.APM) — Mic.1.14
ματαίῳ	adjective, dative, singular, neuter (A.DSN) — Exod.20.7 adjective, dative, singular, neuter (A.DSN) — Deut.5.11 adjective, dative, singular, neuter (A.DSN) — Ps.23.4
ματαίων	adjective, genitive, plural, masculine (A.GPM) — Hos.5.11 adjective, genitive, plural, masculine (A.GPM) — 2Kgs.17.15 adjective, genitive, plural, masculine (A.GPM) — Jer.2.5 adjective, genitive, plural, masculine (A.GPM) — Esth.4.17p

New Testament occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the SBL Greek New Testament: μάταιος.