- Original: μάταιος - Transliteration: Mataios - Phonetic: mat'-ah-yos - Definition: 1. devoid of force, truth, success, result 2. useless, of no purpose - Origin: from the base of G3155 - TDNT entry: 12:39,6 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From the base of G3155 ; empty that is (literally) profitless or (specifically) an idol: - vain vanity. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • vain, 5 1 Corinthians 3:20; 1 Corinthians 15:17; Titus 3:9; Jam 1:26; 1 Peter 1:18 • vanities, 1 Act 14:15