Lexicon :: Strong's H1892 - heḇel

הֶבֶל

Transliteration

heḇel

Pronunciation

heh'bel

Part of Speech

adverb, masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From הָבַל (H1891)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 463a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

הֶבֶל hebel, heh'bel; or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל hăbêl; from H1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb:—× altogether, vain, vanity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H1892 in the following manner: vanity (61x), vain (11x), altogether (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H1892 in the following manner: vanity (61x), vain (11x), altogether (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

vapour, breath
1. breath, vapour
2. vanity (fig.)
  
  adverb
vainly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H1892: Abbreviations

I. הֶ֫בֶל ₇₃ noun masculine vapour, breath (Late Hebrew id., Syriac Hxbfh id.) figurative vanity (so Late Hebrew, Syriac Hbeh) — הָ֑בֶל Ecclesiastes 1:2 +; construct הֲבֵל Ecclesiastes 1:2 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 12:8, suffix הֶבְלִי etc. Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 9:9 (twice in verse); plural הֲבָלִים Jeremiah 10:8 +; construct הַבְלֵי Jeremiah 8:19 +, suffix הַבְלֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 32:21 +; —

1. literal Isaiah 57:13 all of them (the idols) יִשָּׂארֿוּחַ יִקַּח הָ֑בֶל a breath ( aura) will carry away, Proverbs 21:6 the getting of treasures by a lying tongue is הֶבֶל נִדָּף a vapour driven away. Elsewhere always

2. figurative of what is evanescent, unsubstantial, worthless, vanity, as of idols Jeremiah 10:15 = Jeremiah 51:18; Jeremiah 16:19 הֶבֶל וְאֵין בָּם מוֺעִיל (|| שֶׁקֶר), heathen observances Jeremiah 10:3, and in phrase הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי הַהֶבֶל Jeremiah 2:5; 2 Kings 17:15; Proverbs 13:11 הוֺן מֵהֶבֶל wealth (gotten) out of vanity, (i.e. not by solid toil, opposed to קֹבֵץ עַל יָד) is minished (but Ew מְבֹהָל, see Proverbs 20:21 Qr), Proverbs 31:30 שֶׁקֶר הַחֵן וְהֶבֶל הַיֹּ֑פִי, Lamentations 4:17 אֶל עֶזְרָתֵנוּ הֶבֶל to our vain (Dr^{§ 193 n}.) help; of life Job 7:16 כִּי הֶבֶל יָמָֽי׃, Psalm 78:33 וַיְכַל בַּהֶבֶל יְמֵיהֶם consumed their days as (בְּ I:7 d vanity, man Psalm 39:6; Psalm 39:12; Psalm 62:10 יָֽחַד׃ מֵהֶבֶל הֵמָּה … אָדָם בְּנֵי הֶבֶל they are altogether (made) of vanity, Psalm 94:11; Psalm 144:4, especially in Ecclesiastes (31 times + הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים Ecclesiastes 1:2 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 12:8) of the fruitlessness of all human enterprise and endeavour, Ecclesiastes 1:2 הַכֹּל הֶבֶל, Ecclesiastes 1:14 רוּחַ וּרְעוּת הֶבֶל הַכֹּל all was vanity and the pursuit of wind, Ecclesiastes 2:1, 14, 15 etc., Ecclesiastes 6:4 (of an abortion) בַּהֶבֶל בָּא i.e. into a lifeless existence, Ecclesiastes 6:11 הָ֑בֶל מַרְבִּים הַרְבֵּה דְּבָרִים יֵשׁ (of discussions leading to no result), note also the phrases יְמֵי (הֶבְלוֺ, הֶבְלְךָ) הֶבְלִי Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 9:9, יְמֵי חַיֵּי ה׳ Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 9:9; Job 27:12 (see הָבַל), Isaiah 49:4 לְתֹהוּ וָהֶבֶל for nought and vanity have I spent my strength; as adverb accusative vainly, to no purpose Isaiah 30:7 הֶבֶל וָרִיק יַעֲזֹ֑רוּ, Psalm 39:7 אַךְ הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן they disquiet themselves to no purpose, Job 9:29: הֶבֶל אִיגָָֽע Job 35:16, with נִחַם to comfort Job 21:34; Zechariah 10:2. Plural הֲבָלִים of false gods, Deuteronomy 32:21 ) כִּעֲסוּנִי בְהַבְלֵיהֶם || בְּלֹאאֵֿל) 1 Kings 16:13, 26; Jeremiah 8:19 הַבְלֵי נֵכָר || (בִּפְסִילֵיהֶםׅ, Jeremiah 10:8; Jeremiah 14:22 הַבְלֵי הַגּוֺיִם, Psalm 31:7 הַשֹּׁמְרִים הַבְלֵישָֿׁוְא empty vanities Jonah 2:9; in more general sense Ecclesiastes 1:2 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 12:8 הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים, Ecclesiastes 5:6.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:21; 32:21

1 Kings

16:13; 16:26

2 Kings

17:15

Job

7:16; 9:29; 21:34; 27:12; 35:16

Psalms

31:7; 39:6; 39:7; 39:12; 62:10; 78:33; 94:11; 144:4

Proverbs

13:11; 20:21; 21:6; 31:30

Ecclesiastes

1:2; 1:2; 1:2; 1:2; 1:2; 1:14; 2:1; 2:14; 2:15; 5:6; 6:4; 6:11; 6:12; 6:12; 7:15; 7:15; 9:9; 9:9; 9:9; 12:8; 12:8; 12:8

Isaiah

30:7; 49:4; 57:13

Jeremiah

2:5; 8:19; 8:19; 10:3; 10:8; 10:8; 10:15; 14:22; 16:19; 51:18

Lamentations

4:17

Jonah

2:9

Zechariah

10:2

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H1892 matches the Hebrew הֶבֶל (heḇel),
which occurs 73 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 32:21–Ecc 12:8)

Deu 32:21

Deu 32:21 - They have moved me to jealousy^H7065 with that which is not^H3808 God;^H410 they have provoked me to anger^H3707 with their vanities:^H1892 and I will move them to jealousy^H7065 with those which are not a people;^H5971 I will provoke them to anger^H3707 with a foolish^H5036 nation.^H1471

1Ki 16:13

1Ki 16:13 - For all the sins^H2403 of Baasha,^H1201 and the sins^H2403 of Elah^H425 his son,^H1121 by which they sinned,^H2398 and by which they made Israel^H3478 to sin,^H2398 in provoking the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 to anger^H3707 with their vanities.^H1892

1Ki 16:26

1Ki 16:26 - For he walked^H3212 in all the way^H1870 of Jeroboam^H3379 the son^H1121 of Nebat,^H5028 and in his sin^H2403 wherewith he made Israel^H3478 to sin,^H2398 to provoke the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 to anger^H3707 with their vanities.^H1892

2Ki 17:15

2Ki 17:15 - And they rejected^H3988 his statutes,^H2706 and his covenant^H1285 that he made^H3772 with their fathers,^H1 and his testimonies^H5715 which he testified^H5749 against them; and they followed^H3212^H310 vanity,^H1892 and became vain,^H1891 and went after^H310 the heathen^H1471 that were round about^H5439 them, concerning whom the LORD^H3068 had charged^H6680 them, that they should not do^H6213 like them.

Job 7:16

Job 7:16 - I loathe^H3988 it; I would not live^H2421 alway:^H5769 let me alone;^H2308 for my days^H3117 are vanity.^H1892

Job 9:29

Job 9:29 - If I be wicked,^H7561 why then labour^H3021 I in vain?^H1892

Job 21:34

Job 21:34 - How then comfort^H5162 ye me in vain,^H1892 seeing in your answers^H8666 there remaineth^H7604 falsehood?^H4604

Job 27:12

Job 27:12 - Behold, all ye yourselves have seen^H2372 it; why then are ye thus altogether^H1892 vain?^H1891

Job 35:16

Job 35:16 - Therefore doth Job^H347 open^H6475 his mouth^H6310 in vain;^H1892 he multiplieth^H3527 words^H4405 without^H1097 knowledge.^H1847

Psa 31:6

Psa 31:6 - I have hated^H8130 them that regard^H8104 lying^H7723 vanities:^H1892 but I trust^H982 in the LORD.^H3068

Psa 39:5

Psa 39:5 - Behold, thou hast made^H5414 my days^H3117 as an handbreadth;^H2947 and mine age^H2465 is as nothing before thee: verily every^H3605 man^H120 at his best state^H5324 is altogether^H3605 vanity.^H1892 Selah.^H5542

Psa 39:6

Psa 39:6 - Surely every man^H376 walketh^H1980 in a vain shew:^H6754 surely they are disquieted^H1993 in vain:^H1892 he heapeth up^H6651 riches, and knoweth^H3045 not who shall gather^H622 them.

Psa 39:11

Psa 39:11 - When thou with rebukes^H8433 dost correct^H3256 man^H376 for iniquity,^H5771 thou makest his beauty^H2530 to consume away^H4529 like a moth:^H6211 surely every man^H120 is vanity.^H1892 Selah.^H5542

Psa 62:9

Psa 62:9 - Surely men^H120^H1121 of low degree are vanity,^H1892 and men^H376 of high degree are a lie:^H3577 to be laid^H5927 in the balance,^H3976 they are altogether^H3162 lighter than vanity.^H1892

Psa 78:33

Psa 78:33 - Therefore their days^H3117 did he consume^H3615 in vanity,^H1892 and their years^H8141 in trouble.^H928

Psa 94:11

Psa 94:11 - The LORD^H3068 knoweth^H3045 the thoughts^H4284 of man,^H120 that they are vanity.^H1892

Psa 144:4

Psa 144:4 - Man^H120 is like^H1819 to vanity:^H1892 his days^H3117 are as a shadow^H6738 that passeth away.^H5674

Pro 13:11

Pro 13:11 - Wealth^H1952 gotten by vanity^H1892 shall be diminished:^H4591 but he that gathereth^H6908 by labour^H3027 shall increase.^H7235

Pro 21:6

Pro 21:6 - The getting^H6467 of treasures^H214 by a lying^H8267 tongue^H3956 is a vanity^H1892 tossed to and fro of^H5086 them that seek^H1245 death.^H4194

Pro 31:30

Pro 31:30 - Favour^H2580 is deceitful,^H8267 and beauty^H3308 is vain:^H1892 but a woman^H802 that feareth^H3373 the LORD,^H3068 she shall be praised.^H1984

Ecc 1:2

Ecc 1:2 - Vanity^H1892 of vanities,^H1892 saith^H559 the Preacher,^H6953 vanity^H1892 of vanities;^H1892 all is vanity.^H1892

Ecc 1:14

Ecc 1:14 - I have seen^H7200 all the works^H4639 that are done^H6213 under the sun;^H8121 and, behold, all is vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit.^H7307

Ecc 2:1

Ecc 2:1 - I said^H559 in mine heart,^H3820 Go to now,^H3212 I will prove^H5254 thee with mirth,^H8057 therefore enjoy^H7200 pleasure:^H2896 and, behold, this also is vanity.^H1892

Ecc 2:11

Ecc 2:11 - Then I looked^H6437 on all the works^H4639 that my hands^H3027 had wrought,^H6213 and on the labour^H5999 that I had laboured^H5998 to do:^H6213 and, behold, all was vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit,^H7307 and there was no profit^H3504 under the sun.^H8121

Ecc 2:15

Ecc 2:15 - Then^H227 said^H559 I in my heart,^H3820 As it happeneth^H4745 to the fool,^H3684 so it happeneth^H7136 even to me;^H1571 and why was I then more^H3148 wise?^H2449 Then I said^H1696 in my heart,^H3820 that this also is vanity.^H1892

Ecc 2:17

Ecc 2:17 - Therefore I hated^H8130 life;^H2416 because the work^H4639 that is wrought^H6213 under the sun^H8121 is grievous^H7451 unto me: for all is vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit.^H7307

Ecc 2:19

Ecc 2:19 - And who knoweth^H3045 whether he shall be a wise^H2450 man or a fool?^H5530 yet shall he have rule^H7980 over all my labour^H5999 wherein I have laboured,^H5998 and wherein I have shewed myself wise^H2449 under the sun.^H8121 This is also vanity.^H1892

Ecc 2:21

Ecc 2:21 - For there is^H3426 a man^H120 whose labour^H5999 is in wisdom,^H2451 and in knowledge,^H1847 and in equity;^H3788 yet to a man^H120 that hath not laboured^H5998 therein shall he leave^H5414 it for his portion.^H2506 This also is vanity^H1892 and a great^H7227 evil.^H7451

Ecc 2:23

Ecc 2:23 - For all his days^H3117 are sorrows,^H4341 and his travail^H6045 grief;^H3708 yea, his heart^H3820 taketh not rest^H7901 in the night.^H3915 This is also vanity.^H1892

Ecc 2:26

Ecc 2:26 - For God giveth^H5414 to a man^H120 that is good^H2896 in his sight^H6440 wisdom,^H2451 and knowledge,^H1847 and joy:^H8057 but to the sinner^H2398 he giveth^H5414 travail,^H6045 to gather^H622 and to heap up,^H3664 that he may give^H5414 to him that is good^H2896 before^H6440 God.^H430 This also is vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit.^H7307

Ecc 3:19

Ecc 3:19 - For that which befalleth^H4745 the sons^H1121 of men^H120 befalleth^H4745 beasts;^H929 even one thing^H259 befalleth^H4745 them: as the one dieth,^H4194 so dieth^H4194 the other;^H2088 yea, they have all one^H259 breath;^H7307 so that a man^H120 hath no preeminence^H4195 above a beast:^H929 for all is vanity.^H1892

Ecc 4:4

Ecc 4:4 - Again, I considered^H7200 all travail,^H5999 and every right^H3788 work,^H4639 that for this a man^H376 is envied^H7068 of his neighbour.^H7453 This is also vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit.^H7307

Ecc 4:7

Ecc 4:7 - Then I returned,^H7725 and I saw^H7200 vanity^H1892 under the sun.^H8121

Ecc 4:8

Ecc 4:8 - There is^H3426 one^H259 alone, and there is not a second;^H8145 yea, he hath neither child^H1121 nor brother:^H251 yet is there no end^H7093 of all his labour;^H5999 neither is his eye^H5869 satisfied^H7646 with riches;^H6239 neither saith he, For whom do I labour,^H6001 and bereave^H2637 my soul^H5315 of good?^H2896 This is also vanity,^H1892 yea, it is a sore^H7451 travail.^H6045

Ecc 4:16

Ecc 4:16 - There is no end^H7093 of all the people,^H5971 even of all that have been before^H6440 them: they also that come after^H314 shall not rejoice^H8055 in him. Surely this also is vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7475 of spirit.^H7307

Ecc 5:7

Ecc 5:7 - For in the multitude^H7230 of dreams^H2472 and many^H7235 words^H1697 there are also divers vanities:^H1892 but fear^H3372 thou God.^H430

Ecc 5:10

Ecc 5:10 - He that loveth^H157 silver^H3701 shall not be satisfied^H7646 with silver;^H3701 nor he that loveth^H157 abundance^H1995 with increase:^H8393 this is also vanity.^H1892

Ecc 6:2

Ecc 6:2 - A man^H376 to whom God^H430 hath given^H5414 riches,^H6239 wealth,^H5233 and honour,^H3519 so that he wanteth^H2638 nothing for his soul^H5315 of all that he desireth,^H183 yet God^H430 giveth him not power^H7980 to eat^H398 thereof, but a stranger^H376^H5237 eateth^H398 it: this is vanity,^H1892 and it is an evil^H7451 disease.^H2483

Ecc 6:4

Ecc 6:4 - For he cometh^H935 in with vanity,^H1892 and departeth^H3212 in darkness,^H2822 and his name^H8034 shall be covered^H3680 with darkness.^H2822

Ecc 6:9

Ecc 6:9 - Better^H2896 is the sight^H4758 of the eyes^H5869 than the wandering^H1980 of the desire:^H5315 this is also vanity^H1892 and vexation^H7469 of spirit.^H7307

Ecc 6:11

Ecc 6:11 - Seeing there be^H3426 many^H7235 things^H1697 that increase^H7235 vanity,^H1892 what is man^H120 the better?^H3148

Ecc 6:12

Ecc 6:12 - For who knoweth^H3045 what is good^H2896 for man^H120 in this life,^H2416 all^H4557 the days^H3117 of his vain^H1892 life^H2416 which he spendeth^H6213 as a shadow?^H6738 for who can tell^H5046 a man^H120 what shall be after^H310 him under the sun?^H8121

Ecc 7:6

Ecc 7:6 - For as the crackling^H6963 of thorns^H5518 under a pot,^H5518 so is the laughter^H7814 of the fool:^H3684 this also is vanity.^H1892

Ecc 7:15

Ecc 7:15 - All things have I seen^H7200 in the days^H3117 of my vanity:^H1892 there is^H3426 a just^H6662 man that perisheth^H6 in his righteousness,^H6664 and there is a wicked^H7563 man that prolongeth^H748 his life in his wickedness.^H7451

Ecc 8:10

Ecc 8:10 - And so^H3651 I saw^H7200 the wicked^H7563 buried,^H6912 who had come^H935 and gone^H1980 from the place^H4725 of the holy,^H6918 and they were forgotten^H7911 in the city^H5892 where they had so done:^H6213 this is also vanity.^H1892

Ecc 8:14

Ecc 8:14 - There is^H3426 a vanity^H1892 which is done^H6213 upon the earth;^H776 that there be just^H6662 men, unto whom it happeneth^H5060 according to the work^H4639 of the wicked;^H7563 again, there be^H3426 wicked^H7563 men, to whom it happeneth^H5060 according to the work^H4639 of the righteous:^H6662 I said^H559 that this also^H1571 is vanity.^H1892

Ecc 9:9

Ecc 9:9 - Live^H2416 joyfully^H7200 with the wife^H802 whom thou lovest^H157 all the days^H3117 of the life^H2416 of thy vanity,^H1892 which he hath given^H5414 thee under the sun,^H8121 all the days^H3117 of thy vanity:^H1892 for that is thy portion^H2506 in this life,^H2416 and in thy labour^H5999 which thou takest^H6001 under the sun.^H8121

Ecc 11:8

Ecc 11:8 - But if a man^H120 live^H2421 many^H7235 years,^H8141 and rejoice^H8055 in them all; yet let him remember^H2142 the days^H3117 of darkness;^H2822 for they shall be many.^H7235 All that cometh^H935 is vanity.^H1892

Ecc 11:10

Ecc 11:10 - Therefore remove^H5493 sorrow^H3708 from thy heart,^H3820 and put away^H5674 evil^H7451 from thy flesh:^H1320 for childhood^H3208 and youth^H7839 are vanity.^H1892

Ecc 12:8

Ecc 12:8 - Vanity^H1892 of vanities,^H1892 saith^H559 the preacher;^H6953 all is vanity.^H1892

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