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adjective

mataiologos

Greekματαιολόγος (mataiologos)

Strong’sG3151

a vain, empty talker

stem mataiolog-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

idle talkers

What it means

*† ματαιολόγος, -ον

(< μάταιος, λέγω),

talking idly: Tit 1:10.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3151 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmat-ah-yol-og'-os

an idle (i.e. senseless or mischievous) talker, i.e. a wrangler

Fromfrom G3152 and G3004;

King Jamesvain talker.

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 casemasculine singularfeminine singularneuter singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralneuter plural
subject nominativemataiologosmataiologasmataiologemmataiologoisματαιολόγοιmataiologaismataiologeim
object accusativemataiologonmataiologanmataiologoinmataiologain
direct address vocativemataiologormataiologarmataiologoirmataiologair
of, belonging to genitivemataiologoumataiologaumataiologeumataiologoiumataiologaiumataiologeiu
to, for dativemataiologamataiologemataiologoimataiologaimataiologei

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
mataiologstem+oaegender+smnruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

mataiolog 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

mataiologois“idle talkers”subjectnominative plural

Titus 1:10“idle talkers”Alō gar pollois kai anupotaktois, mataiologois kai frenapatois, malista tois ek tau peritomau,For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,