H1892 הֶבֶל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 73 KJV occurrences
הֶבֶל
hebel · heh'bel
Definition
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV Renderings
[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
Derivation / Etymology
or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from H1891 (הָבַל);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 73)
- Deuteronomy 32:21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
- Psalms 31:6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
- Proverbs 13:11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
- Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 4:4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 6:11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
- Ecclesiastes 11:8But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
- Jeremiah 8:19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?