μάτην G3155
1. sense 1 2×
AR["بَاطِلًا"]·ben["বৃথা","বৃথাই"]·DE["vergeblich","μάτην"]·EN["in-vain"]·FR["en-vain"]·heb["לַ-שָּׁוְא","לַשָּׁוְא"]·HI["व्यरथ","व्यर्थ-में-तो"]·ID["sia-sia"]·IT["invano"]·jav["Tanpa-gina","tanpa-guna"]·KO["헛되이"]·PT["em-vão"]·RU["Тщетно","тщетно"]·ES["En-vano","en-vano"]·SW["Bure","bure"]·TR["boş-yere"]·urd["بیکار","بےکار"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μάτην, Doric dialect μάτᾱν [μᾰ], adverb in vain, Refs 5th c.BC+; with a Noun, τὸ μ. ἄχθος the fruitless burden, Refs; Διὸς μ. ἄκοιτις his bedfellow to no good end, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 at random, without reason, οὔ σε μ. τιμῶσι Refs 6th c.BC+; ὁ νοσῶν μ., i.e. he that is mad, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 idly, falsely, λέγοντες εἴτ᾽ ἀληθές, εἴτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ οὖν μ. Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. βέβακεν, of a dream, Refs 4th c.BC+