שָׁוְא

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)

Every occurrence

21. Psalms 119:37 שָׁ֑וְא Shav' · A person, place or thing

    Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.

22. Psalms 127:1 שָׁ֤וְא׀ shav' · A person, place or thing

    A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.

23. Psalms 127:1 שָׁ֤וְא׀ shav' · A person, place or thing

    A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.

24. Psalms 127:2 שָׁ֤וְא shav' · A person, place or thing

    It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

25. Psalms 139:20 לַשָּׁ֣וְא la.Shav' · A person, place or thing

    For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

26. Psalms 144:8 שָׁ֑וְא Shav' · A person, place or thing

    Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

27. Psalms 144:11 שָׁ֑וְא Shav' · A person, place or thing

    Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

28. Proverbs 30:8 שָׁ֤וְא׀ shav' · A person, place or thing

    Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

29. 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.

30. 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;

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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;

37. 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.

38. Lamentations 2:14 שָׁ֣וְא shav' · A person, place or thing

    Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.

39. Lamentations 2:14 שָׁ֖וְא shav' · A person, place or thing

    Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.

40. Ezekiel 12:24 שָׁ֖וְא shav' · A person, place or thing

    For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.