Quick Definition
foolish talking
Strong's Definition
random talk, i.e. babble
Derivation: from G3151 (ματαιολόγος);
KJV Usage: vain jangling
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ματαιολογία, ματαιολογιας, ἡ (ματαιολόγος), vain talking, empty talk (Vulg.vaniloquium): 1Ti_1:6. (Plutarch, mor., p. 6 f.; Porphyry, de abstin. 4, 16.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ματαιολογία mataiologia 1x
vain talking, idle disputation, 1Ti_1:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ματαιολογία , -ας , ἡ
( < ματαιολόγος ),
idle or foolish talk: 1Ti_1:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ματαιολογία [page 391]
ματαιολογία , vain speaking, empty argument (Vg vaniloquium ), belongs to the higher Κοινή , and is found ter in Vett. Valens, e.g. p. 257 .23 διὰ τὴν φιλονεικίαν διασαφήσω ἐκκόψας τὰς ματαιολογίας : cf. Poimandres 14 .4 (ed. Parthey) διὸ τῆς πολυλογίας τε καὶ ματαιολογίας ἀπαλλαγέντας χρὴ νοεῖν κτλ .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ματαιολογία, -ας, ἡ
(ματαιολόγος),
idle or foolish talk: 1Ti.1:6.†
(AS)