: 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׃ פYou shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.Exodus 23:1 · שָׁ֑וְא“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.Deuteronomy 5:11 · לַשָּׁ֑וְא · לַשָּֽׁוְא׃ סYou shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.Deuteronomy 5:20 · שָֽׁוְא׃ סYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.Job 7:3 · שָׁ֑וְאSo I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.Job 11:11 · שָׁ֑וְאSurely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?Job 15:31 · בַּשָּׁ֣יו · שָׁ֝֗וְאLet him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.Job 31:5 · שָׁ֑וְאIf I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,Job 35:13 · שָׁ֭וְאSurely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.Psalm 12:2 · שָׁ֤וְא׀They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.Psalm 24:4 · לַשָּׁ֣וְאHe who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.Psalm 26:4 · שָׁ֑וְאI do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.Psalm 31:6 · שָׁ֑וְאI hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.Psalm 41:6 · שָׁ֤וְאMy visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.Psalm 60:11 · וְ֝שָׁ֗וְאGive us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.Psalm 89:47 · שָּׁ֝֗וְאRemember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!Psalm 108:12 · וְ֝שָׁ֗וְאGive us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.Psalm 119:37 · שָׁ֑וְאTurn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.Psalm 127:1 · שָׁ֤וְא׀ · שָׁ֤וְא׀A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.Psalm 127:2 · שָׁ֤וְאIn vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.Psalm 139:20 · לַשָּׁ֣וְאwho speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.Psalm 144:8 · שָׁ֑וְאwhose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.Psalm 144:11 · שָׁ֑וְאSet me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.Proverbs 30:8 · שָׁ֤וְא׀Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.Isaiah 1:13 · שָׁ֔וְאBring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.Isaiah 5:18 · הַשָּׁ֑וְאWoe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,Isaiah 30:28 · שָׁ֑וְאHis breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.Isaiah 59:4 · שָׁ֔וְאNo one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.Jeremiah 2:30 · לַשָּׁוְא֙“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”Jeremiah 4:30 · לַשָּׁ֖וְאAnd you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.Jeremiah 6:29 · לַשָּׁוְא֙The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.Jeremiah 18:15 · לַשָּׁ֣וְאYet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.Jeremiah 46:11 · לַשָּׁוְא֙Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.Lamentations 2:14 · שָׁ֣וְא · שָׁ֖וְאThe visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.Hosea 10:4 · שָׁ֖וְאThey speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.Hosea 12:11 · שָׁ֣וְאIs there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.Jonah 2:8 · שָׁ֑וְאThose who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Zechariah 10:2 · הַשָּׁ֣ואFor idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.Malachi 3:14 · שָׁ֖וְאYou have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?