: false 1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood 1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity 1b) emptiness of speech, lying 1c) worthlessness (of conduct) Also means: shav (שָׁוְא ": vain" H7723H)
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H7723 — שָׁוְא
shav · vanity: false · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Exodus 20:7 · לַשָּׁ֑וְא · לַשָּֽׁוְא׃ פThou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.Exodus 23:1 · שָׁ֑וְאThou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.Deuteronomy 5:11 · לַשָּׁ֑וְא · לַשָּֽׁוְא׃ סThou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.Deuteronomy 5:20 · שָֽׁוְא׃ סNeither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.Job 7:3 · שָׁ֑וְאSo am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.Job 11:11 · שָׁ֑וְאFor he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.Job 15:31 · בַּשָּׁ֣יו · שָׁ֝֗וְאLet him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.Job 31:5 · שָׁ֑וְאIf I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceitJob 35:13 · שָׁ֭וְאSurely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.Psalm 12:2 · שָׁ֤וְא׀They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.Psalm 24:4 · לַשָּׁ֣וְאHe that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.Psalm 26:4 · שָׁ֑וְאI have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.Psalm 31:6 · שָׁ֑וְאI hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.Psalm 41:6 · שָׁ֤וְאAnd if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.Psalm 60:11 · וְ֝שָׁ֗וְאGive us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.Psalm 89:47 · שָּׁ֝֗וְאOh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!Psalm 108:12 · וְ֝שָׁ֗וְאGive us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.Psalm 119:37 · שָׁ֑וְאTurn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.Psalm 127:1 · שָׁ֤וְא׀ · שָׁ֤וְא׀A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.Psalm 127:2 · שָׁ֤וְאIt is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.Psalm 139:20 · לַשָּׁ֣וְאFor they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.Psalm 144:8 · שָׁ֑וְאWhose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.Psalm 144:11 · שָׁ֑וְאRescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.Proverbs 30:8 · שָׁ֤וְא׀Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:Isaiah 1:13 · שָׁ֔וְאBring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.Isaiah 5:18 · הַשָּׁ֑וְאWoe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;Isaiah 30:28 · שָׁ֑וְאand his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.Isaiah 59:4 · שָׁ֔וְאNone sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.Jeremiah 2:30 · לַשָּׁוְא֙In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.Jeremiah 4:30 · לַשָּׁ֖וְאAnd thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.Jeremiah 6:29 · לַשָּׁוְא֙The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.Jeremiah 18:15 · לַשָּׁ֣וְאFor my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;Jeremiah 46:11 · לַשָּׁוְא֙Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.Lamentations 2:14 · שָׁ֣וְא · שָׁ֖וְאThy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.Hosea 10:4 · שָׁ֖וְאThey speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.Hosea 12:11 · שָׁ֣וְאIs Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.Jonah 2:8 · שָׁ֑וְאThey that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.Zechariah 10:2 · הַשָּׁ֣ואFor the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.Malachi 3:14 · שָׁ֖וְאYe have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?