noun · feminine
mataiologias
Greekματαιολογία (mataiologia)
Strong’sG3150
foolish talking
stem mataiologi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ματαιολογία, -ας, ἡ
(< ματαιολόγος),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3150 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmat-ah-yol-og-ee'-ah
random talk, i.e. babble
Fromfrom G3151;
King Jamesvain jangling.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mataiologias | mataiologiais |
| object accusative | mataiologian1×ματαιολογίαν | mataiologiain |
| direct address vocative | mataiologiar | mataiologiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | mataiologiau | mataiologiaiu |
| to, for dative | mataiologia | mataiologiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mataiologia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
mataiologian“fruitless discussion”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Timothy 1:6“fruitless discussion”haiu tinois astocharatois ektrepila eis mataiologian,Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.