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 · וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּThey rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.Job 27:12 · תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?Psalm 62:10 · תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּDon’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.Jeremiah 2:5 · וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃Thus says Yahweh, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?Jeremiah 23:16 · מַהְבִּלִ֥יםThus says Yahweh of Armies, Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.