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The Greek word translated as "vain repetitions" is βατταλογήσητε (battalogein). This word is unknown outside this verse, appearing in no other literature contemporaneous with the text. It may be linked to the Greek term for "babbling", or be derived from the Hebrew batel, meaning "vain".
Love in Vain: A Vision of Robert Johnson is the title of an unproduced screenplay by Alan Greenberg. In it, he explores both the known facts and the myth surrounding Johnson. [ 21 ] Keith Richards commented, "Finally someone has captured the central feel of this master musician and his times, and that man is Alan Greenberg.
"Thou shalt not take the name of the L ORD thy God in vain" (KJV; also "You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God" and variants, Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת-שֵׁם-יהוה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַשָּׁוְא, romanized: Lōʾ t̲iśśāʾ ʾet̲-šēm-YHWH ʾĕlōhēḵā laššāwəʾ ) is the second or third (depending on numbering) of God's ...
(Love is a rebellious bird) Love! (That none can tame,) Love! (And it is well in vain that one calls it,) Love! (If it suits it to refuse.) Love! Love is a gypsy child, It has never, never known a law, If you don't love me, I love you, If I love you, be on your guard! (Be on your guard!) If you don't love me, If you don't love me, then I love you!
The Latin term gloria roughly means boasting, although its English cognate glory has come to have an exclusively positive meaning. Historically, the term vain roughly meant futile (a meaning retained in the modern expression "in vain"), but by the fourteenth century had come to have the strong narcissistic undertones which it still retains ...
Aerial declaration of love to Wicky. A declaration of love, also known as a confession of love, is a form of expressing one's love for someone or something. It can be presented in various forms, such as love letters, speeches, or love songs. A love declaration is more often than not explicit and straightforward.
The evil bastards who program supermarket background music. That easy-listening, soft rock crap you hear while shopping and makes you grateful for the cloying store messages about the sale price ...
This worship appears to allude to their superstitious observances. While in vain seems to mean that they do not obtain any fruit from their worship. This verse is sometimes used to attack various church traditions. Traditions handed down by the apostles are defended by St. Paul who tells the Thessalonians to honor them (2 Thess 2:14).