“empty,” with special reference to quality, is translated “vain” (as an adjective) in Act 4:25<\/span>; 1Co 15:10<\/span>, 1Co 15:14<\/span> (twice); Eph 5:6<\/span>; Col 2:8<\/span>; Jam 2:20<\/span>; in the following the neuter, kenon, follows the preposition eis, “in,” and denotes “in vain,” 2Co 6:1<\/span>; Gal 2:2<\/span>; Phi 2:16<\/span> (twice); 1Th 3:5<\/span>. See EMPTY, B, where the applications are enumerated. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “void of result,” is used of (a) idolatrous practices, Act 14:15<\/span>, RV, “vain things” (AV, “vanities”); (b) the thoughts of the wise, 1Co 3:20<\/span>; (c) faith, if Christ is not risen, 1Co 15:17<\/span>; (d) questionings, strifes, etc., Tit 3:9<\/span>; (e) religion, with an unbridled tongue, Jam 1:26<\/span>; (f) manner of life, 1Pe 1:18<\/span>. For the contrast between No. 1 and No. 2 see EMPTY. <\/p>\n Note: For mataiologoi, Tit 1:10<\/span>, see TALKERS (vain). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to make vain, or foolish,” corresponding in meaning to A, No. 2, occurs in Rom 1:21<\/span>, “became vain.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to empty,” corresponding to A, No. 1, is translated “should be in vain” in 2Co 9:3<\/span>, AV. See EFFECT, EMPTY, VOID. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n properly the accusative case of mate, “a fault, a folly,” signifies “in vain, to no purpose,” Mat 15:9<\/span>; Mar 7:7<\/span>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n the accusative of dorea, “a gift,” is used adverbially, denoting (a) “freely” (see FREE, D); (b) “uselessly,” “in vain,” Gal 2:21<\/span>, AV (RV, “for nought”). See CAUSE, A, under “without a cause.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n denotes (a) “without cause,” “vainly,” Col 2:18<\/span>; (b) “to no purpose,” “in vain,” Rom 13:4<\/span>; Gal 3:4<\/span> (twice); Gal 4:11<\/span>. See CAUSE, A, Note (1), under “without a cause.” <\/p>\n Vain, in Vain, Vainly “empty,” with special reference to quality, is translated “vain” (as an adjective) in Act 4:25; 1Co 15:10, 1Co 15:14 (twice); Eph 5:6; Col 2:8; Jam 2:20; in the following the neuter, kenon, follows the preposition eis, “in,” and denotes “in vain,” 2Co 6:1; Gal 2:2; Phi 2:16 (twice); 1Th 3:5. See … Continue reading “Vain, in Vain, Vainly”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"