Greek Strong's Lexicon
G1500
Lemma: εἰκῆ
Transliteration: i-kay'
Definition: probably from εἴκω (through the idea of failure); idly, i.e. without reason (or effect)
KJV Definition: without a cause, (in) vain(-ly)
Verse usage
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Romanonan 13:4
NASB
for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.
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1 Korintionan 15:2
NASB
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
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Galatanan 3:4
NASB
Did you suffer so many things in vain-- if indeed it was in vain?
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Galatanan 4:11
NASB
I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.
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Kolosensenan 2:18
NASB
Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on [visions] he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind,