H7723 שָׁוְא
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 53 KJV occurrences
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ · shawv
Definition
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV Renderings
false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Derivation / Etymology
or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 53)
- Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
- Job 7:3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
- Psalms 24:4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
- Psalms 108:12Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
- Psalms 144:11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
- Jeremiah 4:30And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
- Ezekiel 12:24For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 21:29Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.