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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79801" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79801" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ματαιότης''''' ''' (Strong'S #3153 — Noun [[Feminine]] — mataiotes — mat-ah-yot'-ace ) </div> <p> "emptiness as to results," akin to mataios (see [[Empty]] , VAIN), is used (a) of the creation, Romans 8:20 , as failing of the results designed, owing to sin; (b) of the mind which governs the manner of life of the Gentiles, Ephesians 4:17; (c) of the "great swelling words" of false teachers, 2—Peter 2:18 . </p> Acts 14:15[[Vain]] | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64058" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64058" /> == | ||
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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20645" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20645" /> == | ||
<p> Emptiness. It is often applied to the man who wishes you to think more highly of him than what he really deserves; hence the vain man flatters in order to be flattered; is always fond of praise, endeavours to bribe others into a good opinion of himself by his complaisance, and sometimes even by good offices, though often displayed with unnecessary ostentation. The term is likewise applied to this world, as unsatisfactory, Ecclesiastes 1:2; to lying, Psalms 4:2; to idols, Deuteronomy 32:21; to whatever disappoints our hopes, Psalms 60:11 . </p> <p> See | <p> Emptiness. It is often applied to the man who wishes you to think more highly of him than what he really deserves; hence the vain man flatters in order to be flattered; is always fond of praise, endeavours to bribe others into a good opinion of himself by his complaisance, and sometimes even by good offices, though often displayed with unnecessary ostentation. The term is likewise applied to this world, as unsatisfactory, Ecclesiastes 1:2; to lying, Psalms 4:2; to idols, Deuteronomy 32:21; to whatever disappoints our hopes, Psalms 60:11 . </p> <p> See [[Pride]] </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_64509" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_64509" /> == | ||
<p> (as a rendering of several Heb. words, Gr. | <p> (as a rendering of several Heb. words, Gr. '''''Ματαιότης''''' ) occurs in [[Scripture]] only in the Latin sense ''Of Emptiness,'' and is often applied to this world, as unsatisfactory ( Ecclesiastes 1:2); to lying ( Psalms 4:2); to idols ( Deuteronomy 32:21); to whatever disappoints our hopes ( Psalms 60:11). In ordinary language the term is applied to the man who wishes you to think more highly of him than what he really deserves. Hence the vain' man flatters in order to be flattered; is always fond of praise; endeavors to bribe others into a good opinion of himself by his complaisance, and sometimes even by good offices, though often displayed with unnecessary ostentation. (See Pride). </p> | ||
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