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)
Every occurrence
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Jeremiah 2:30 לַשָּׁוְא֙ la.shaV' · A person, place or thing
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
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Jeremiah 4:30 לַשָּׁ֖וְא la.Shav' · A person, place or thing
And 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.
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Jeremiah 6:29 לַשָּׁוְא֙ la.shaV' · A person, place or thing
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
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Jeremiah 18:15 לַשָּׁ֣וְא la.Shav' · A person, place or thing
For 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;
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Jeremiah 46:11 לַשָּׁוְא֙ la.shaV' · A person, place or thing
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.