Words the Bible translates as useless
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 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
- argosἀργόςnot working: either having no work to do, or avoiding the work that is yours
+1 more meaning
- producing nothing: doing no good and yielding no result
- achrēstosἄχρηστοςuselessnot studied yet
- anōphelēsἀνωφελήςuselessnot studied yet
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