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
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H1891 — הָבַל
ha.val · to become vain · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
2 Kings 17:15 · וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּAnd they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.Job 27:12 · תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?Psalm 62:10 · תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּTrust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.Jeremiah 2:5 · וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?Jeremiah 23:16 · מַהְבִּלִ֥יםThus saith Jehovah of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Jehovah.