Strong H7723H7723Hשָׁוְא

vanity: vain

Transliteration: shâv' shav
Pronunciation: {shawv} shav
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

: vain/empty/worthless
1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood
1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity
1b) emptiness of speech, lying
1c) worthlessness (of conduct)

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

Strong H7723H appears in 23 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

vain14
vanity7
lie2

First verses

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.
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.
Job 7:3
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job 15:31
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 35:13
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Psalms 31:6
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
Psalms 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms 108:12
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
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.
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.
Psalms 139:20
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isaiah 30:28
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 4:30
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 18:15
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

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