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<1,,3153,mataiotes> "emptiness as to results," akin to mataios (see EMPTY, VAIN), is used (a) of the creation, Rom. 8:20, as failing of the results designed, owing to sin; (b) of the mind which governs the manner of life of the Gentiles, Eph. 4:17; (c) of the "great swelling words" of false teachers, 2 Pet. 2:18.
Note: For mataios, in the neut. plur. in Acts 14:15, "vanities," see VAIN, A, No. 2 (a).