Eike means “without a cause” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1500 — gezelah (“spoil”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1500 εἰκῆ (eike) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eike (ei-kay`) adv. 1. idly, i.e. without reason (or effect) [probably from G1502 (through the idea of failure)] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include without. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
eike (ei-kay`) adv. 1. idly, i.e. without reason (or effect) [probably from G1502 (through the idea of failure)] KJV: without a cause, (in) vain(-ly) Root(s): G1502
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1500. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
in vain
Usage: εἰκῇ (-ῆ, Rec., as in cl.), adv., [in LXX: Pro.28:25 (εἰκῇ)* ;] __1. without cause or reason: Mat.5:22 (E, mg.), Col.2:18 (ICC). __2. vainly, fruitlessly, to no purpose: Rom.13:4, 1Co.15:2, Gal.3:4 4:11, Col.2:18. † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eike, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1500 (εἰκῆ) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1500.
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1500, grouped by book.
Eike (Strong's G1500) is a Greek word most simply glossed "without a cause". eike (ei-kay`) adv. 1. idly, i.e. without reason (or effect) [probably from G1502 (through the idea of failure)]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G1500 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1500 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as without. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1500, with linked reader references where each row is available.