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Greek

945. battalogeo -- to stammer
... Word Origin from battos (stammerer) and logos Definition to stammer NASB Word
Usage use meaningless repetition (1). use vain repetitions. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8414. tohu -- formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
... Word Usage chaos (1), confusion (1), desolation (1), emptiness (1), empty space
(1), formless (2), futile (2), futile things (1), meaningless (2), meaningless ...
/hebrew/8414.htm - 6k

Library

viii
... That the study will reward the student, although not in a material sense"for the
meaningless prejudice of the great mass of our people for what is local, and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/brownlie/hymns of the holy eastern church/viii.htm

On Receipt of this Letter, Diodorus Made Himself Master of Its ...
... [1999] We read, with the Codex Bobiensis, "dicat homini, Loca mihi," etc. The Codex
Casinensis has the meaningless reading, "homini diviti," etc. ...
/.../the acts of the disputation with the heresiarch manes/45 on receipt of this.htm

The Resurrection of the Sleeping Saints.
... from death at the hands of their persecutors, did so "that they might obtain a better
resurrection" (Heb.11:35) which expression is quite meaningless if there ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/2 the resurrection of the.htm

Prefatory Note
... That the study will reward the student, although not in a material sense"for the
meaningless prejudice of the great mass of our people for what is local and ...
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The Gospel of Luke
... the Temptation? If He could not sin, was it not a meaningless performance
to allow Satan to tempt Christ at all? Such questions ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/why four gospels/the gospel of luke.htm

General Introduction
... fool who said in his heart "there is no God," in which he merely repeats that the
phrase he used has a definite meaning, and is not a meaningless sound, also ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/nature and grace/general introduction.htm

God's Sovereignty and Prayer
... pre-eminently a Man of Prayer. Thus, it is evident, that prayer is neither
meaningless nor valueless. But still this does not remove ...
/.../pink/the sovereignty of god/chapter nine gods sovereignty and.htm

The Flag of the World
... An optimist could not mean a man who thought everything right and nothing wrong.
For that is meaningless; it is like calling everything right and nothing left. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/v the flag of the.htm

I Suspect I have Been Allotting Habitually Too Little Time to ...
... Prayer is not a meaningless function or duty to be crowded into the busy or the
weary ends of the day, and we are not obeying our Lord's command when we ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bounds/purpose in prayer/chapter vii i suspect i.htm

So, when You Allege that the Ornaments of the Heathen Deities are ...
... But the whole affair is meaningless, and is, in fact, a dead work so far as concerns
the idols; though, without doubt, a living one as respects the demons [409 ...
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Thesaurus

Meaningless (32 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Meaningless (32 Occurrences). ... Isaiah 40:23 who brings princes
to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless. ...
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Parable (52 Occurrences)
... Again in His interpretation of the Tares among the Wheat in Matthew 13:36;, a number
of details of the original parable are discarded as meaningless. ...
/p/parable.htm - 38k

Meaning (41 Occurrences)

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Joshebbasshebeth
... British and American) takes the place of the translation "that sat in the seat"
in the King James Version (2 Samuel 23:8). The phrase so rendered is meaningless...
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Josheb-basshebeth (1 Occurrence)
... British and American) takes the place of the translation "that sat in the seat"
in the King James Version (2 Samuel 23:8). The phrase so rendered is meaningless...
/j/josheb-basshebeth.htm - 7k

Lips (199 Occurrences)
... Their worship should consist not of meaningless dumb ritual, but of "words"-hymns
and prayers, expressive of real gratitude and of actual needs-or perhaps ...
/l/lips.htm - 37k

Insignificant (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Without importance; meaningless; as,
insignificant words. 2. (a.) Having no weight or effect; answering ...
/i/insignificant.htm - 9k

Repetitions (1 Occurrence)
... however battalogeo means the constant repetition of the same phrase or the mechanical
recitation of a long series of obscure or meaningless formulas (if, indeed ...
/r/repetitions.htm - 7k

Dumb (34 Occurrences)
... tied, which is a condition causing lisping, not stammering; he was probably one
of those deaf persons who produce babbling, incoherent and meaningless sounds. ...
/d/dumb.htm - 20k

Meanly (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Meaningless (32 Occurrences)

Matthew 6:7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
(See NAS)

1 Timothy 1:6 from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;
(See NIV)

Job 27:12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 1:2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 2:15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 2:21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
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Ecclesiastes 2:23 All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 2:26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
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Ecclesiastes 3:19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
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Ecclesiastes 4:8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
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Ecclesiastes 4:16 There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
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Ecclesiastes 5:7 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 6:2 A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.
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Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
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Ecclesiastes 6:12 Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 7:6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 8:10 And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 11:8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 11:10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.
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Ecclesiastes 12:8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.
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Isaiah 1:13 Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.
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Isaiah 29:21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 40:17 All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.
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Isaiah 40:23 who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.
(WEB NAS)

Subtopics

Meaningless

Related Terms

Parable (52 Occurrences)

Meaning (41 Occurrences)

Joshebbasshebeth

Josheb-basshebeth (1 Occurrence)

Lips (199 Occurrences)

Insignificant (9 Occurrences)

Repetitions (1 Occurrence)