VEYMONTTHE STUDY OF SCRIPTURE
Menu

HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC REFERENCE

G1500 · εἰκῆ

eikē

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

idly, i.e. without reason (or effect)

KJV gloss list in the source

without a cause, (in) vain(-ly)

Derivation recorded by Strong

probably from G1502 (εἴκω) (through the idea of failure);

Explore the English glosses

These links search English words in the KJV. They are not a claim that every result translates this lemma.

Contextual morphology & manuscript evidence

Every indexed source occurrence of G1500 →

The passage laboratory provides separately attributed Hebrew and Greek morphology and occurrence lists. Source-text boundaries and alternatives are displayed explicitly. The entry must not be used as an automatic verdict against the KJV.