Quick Definition
ματαιολόγος, ου, ὁ Adj a vain, empty talker
Strong's Definition
from 3152 and 3004; an idle (i.e. senseless or mischievous) talker, i.e. a wrangler
KJV Usage: vain talker
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ματαιόομαι + λέγω
33.378 · Communication · Foolish Talk
empty talker, foolish babbler (derivative of ματαιολογέω ‘to engage in idle talk,’ not occurring in the NT) one who engages in empty and idle talk
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ματαιολόγος, -ov, 6, (μάταιος and λέγω), an idle talker, one who utters empty, senseless things: Tit. i. 10.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ματαιολόγος mataiologos 1x
a vain talker, given to vain talking or trivial disputation, Tit. 1:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ματαιολόγος, -ον
(< μάταιος, λέγω),
talking idly: Tit 1:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ματαιολόγος. Vett. Val. p. 3011} οὐκ ἠβουλήθην ὅμοιον ἑαυτὸν ἀποδεῖξαι τοῖς ματαιολόγοις : cf. Tit 11”.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ματαιολόγος (mataiologos) — babbler. μᾰταιο-λόγος, ον, talking at random, [NT+4th c.BC+]
