G3155 - μάτην

Strong's Concordance

No 3155 Original Word μάτην
Transliteration maten Phonetic Spelling mat'-ane
Definitions
  Accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, that is, unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, that is, (adverbially) to no purpose:in vain.