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. Isaiah 1:13 שָׁ֔וְא Shav' · A person, place or thing

    Bring 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.

  2. Isaiah 5:18 הַשָּׁ֑וְא ha.Shav' · A person, place or thing

    Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

  3. Isaiah 30:28 שָׁ֑וְא Shav' · A person, place or thing

    and 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.

  4. Isaiah 59:4 שָׁ֔וְא Shav' · A person, place or thing

    None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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