Words the Bible translates as futile
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- mataiosμάταιοςfutile: empty of any real result, so it cannot deliver what it seems to promise
- riqרִיקemptiness that yields nothing: a container with nothing in it, and so work, strength, or scheming that comes back with no result
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