: 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 the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.Exodus 23:1 · שָׁ֑וְאThou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.Deuteronomy 5:11 · לַשָּׁ֑וְא · לַשָּֽׁוְא׃ סThou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain.Deuteronomy 5:20 · שָֽׁוְא׃ סNeither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.Job 7:3 · שָׁ֑וְאSo am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.Job 11:11 · שָׁ֑וְאFor he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?Job 15:31 · בַּשָּׁ֣יו · שָׁ֝֗וְאLet not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.Job 31:5 · שָׁ֑וְאIf I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;Job 35:13 · שָׁ֭וְאSurely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.Psalm 12:2 · שָׁ֤וְא׀They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [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 vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.Psalm 26:4 · שָׁ֑וְאI have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.Psalm 31:6 · שָׁ֑וְאI have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.Psalm 41:6 · שָׁ֤וְאAnd if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].Psalm 60:11 · וְ֝שָׁ֗וְאGive us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.Psalm 89:47 · שָּׁ֝֗וְאRemember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?Psalm 108:12 · וְ֝שָׁ֗וְאGive us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.Psalm 119:37 · שָׁ֑וְאTurn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.Psalm 127:1 · שָׁ֤וְא׀ · שָׁ֤וְא׀A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.Psalm 127:2 · שָׁ֤וְא[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth 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 vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.Psalm 144:11 · שָׁ֑וְאRid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood:Proverbs 30:8 · שָׁ֤וְא׀Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:Isaiah 1:13 · שָׁ֔וְאBring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.Isaiah 5:18 · הַשָּׁ֑וְאWoe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:Isaiah 30:28 · שָׁ֑וְאAnd his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.Isaiah 59:4 · שָׁ֔וְאNone calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for 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 [when] thou [art] spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.Jeremiah 6:29 · לַשָּׁוְא֙The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.Jeremiah 18:15 · לַשָּׁ֣וְאBecause my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up;Jeremiah 46:11 · לַשָּׁוְא֙Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.Lamentations 2:14 · שָׁ֣וְא · שָׁ֖וְאThy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.Hosea 10:4 · שָׁ֖וְאThey have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.Hosea 12:11 · שָׁ֣וְא[Is there] iniquity [in] Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the fields.Jonah 2:8 · שָׁ֑וְאThey that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.Zechariah 10:2 · הַשָּׁ֣ואFor the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.Malachi 3:14 · שָׁ֖וְאYe have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?