Strong H1891הָבַל
to become vain
- Transliteration
- hâbal
- Pronunciation
- haw-bal'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to be vain in {act} {word} or expectation; specifically to lead astray: - be ({become} make) vain.
Detailed definition
1) to act emptily, become vain, be vain
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to become vain
1a2) to be utterly vain (with cognate acc)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to become vain
1b2) to fill with vain hopes
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to become vain
1a2) to be utterly vain (with cognate acc)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to become vain
1b2) to fill with vain hopes
In the Bible
Strong H1891 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- vain4
- become1
First verses
- 2 Kings 17:15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.
- Job 27:12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
- Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
- Jeremiah 2:5Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
- Jeremiah 23:16Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.