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Strong H77232 sensesשָׁוְא

vanity: false · vanity: vain

Transliteration
shâv' shav
Pronunciation
{shawv} shav

The 2 senses of Strong H7723

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7723 appears in 48 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. vanity: falseH7723G: false25 verses · 10 books
  2. vanity: vainH7723H: vain/empty/worthless23 verses · 9 books

General definition

From the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating;
evil (as {destructive }) literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as {false} subjectively)6
uselessness (as {deceptive} objectively; also adverbially in vain): - false ({-ly}) {lie} {lying} {vain} vanity.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • vanity21
  • vain19
  • false4
  • lie3
  • falsely1
  • thee1

First verses

  1. Exodus 20:7
    Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  2. Exodus 23:1
    Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
  3. Deuteronomy 5:11
    Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
  4. Deuteronomy 5:20
    Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  5. Job 7:3
    So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
  6. Job 11:11
    For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
  7. Job 15:31
    Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
  8. Job 31:5
    If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
  9. Job 35:13
    Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
  10. Psalms 12:2
    They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
  11. Psalms 24:4
    He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
  12. Psalms 26:4
    I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
  13. Psalms 31:6
    I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
  14. Psalms 41:6
    And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
  15. Psalms 60:11
    Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
  16. Psalms 89:47
    Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
  17. Psalms 108:12
    Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
  18. Psalms 119:37
    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
  19. Psalms 127:1
    Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
  20. Psalms 127:2
    It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.