שָׁוְא

shav · vanity: vain

Hebrew · Strong's H7723 · Noun · Sounds like: shawv · 53 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • vanity: vain H7723H · a Meaning of 27
  • vanity: false H7723G 26

Strong's dictionary

or שַׁו; from the same as שׁוֹא in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain); false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שָׁוְא n.[m.] emptiness, vanity

Every occurrence

  1. Hosea 10:4 שָׁ֖וְא shav' · A person, place or thing

    They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

  2. Hosea 12:11 שָׁ֣וְא shav' · A person, place or thing

    Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

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