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
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2 Kings 17:15 · וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּAnd 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 27:12 · תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?Psalm 62:10 · תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּTrust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].Jeremiah 2:5 · וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃Thus 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 23:16 · מַהְבִּלִ֥יםThus 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.