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Lexicon :: Strong's H1892 - heḇel

Aa
הֶבֶל
Transliteration
heḇel
Pronunciation
heh'bel
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Part of Speech
adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 463a

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).
  1. vapour, breath

    1. breath, vapour

    2. vanity (fig.)

      adverb
  2. vainly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
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 (Vulgate 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 Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - ‘They have made H7065 Me jealous H7065 with what is not God; H410
They have provoked H3707 Me to anger H3707 with their [fn]idols. H1892
So I will make them jealous H7065 with those who are not a people; H5971
I will provoke H3707 them to anger H3707 with a foolish H5036 nation, H1471
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all H3605 the sins H2403 of Baasha H1201 and the sins H2403 of Elah H425 his son, H1121 which H834 they sinned H2398 and which H834 they made Israel H3478 sin, H2398 provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to anger H3707 with their [fn]idols. H1892
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked H1980 in all H3605 the way H1870 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 and in his sins H2403 which H834 he made Israel H3478 sin, H2398 provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 with their [fn]idols. H1892
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected H3988 His statutes H2706 and His covenant H1285 which H834 He made H3772 with their fathers H1 and His warnings H5715 with which H834 He warned H5749 them. And they followed H1980 H310 vanity H1892 and became H1891 vain, H1891 and went after H310 the nations H1471 which H834 surrounded H5439 them, concerning which H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 them not to do H6213 like them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - “I [fn]waste H3988 away; H3988 I will not live H2421 forever. H5769
Leave H2308 me alone, H4480 for my days H3117 are but a breath. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 - “I am accounted wicked, H7561
Why H4100 then H2088 should I toil H3021 in vain? H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - “How H349 then will you vainly H1892 comfort H5162 me,
For your answers H8666 remain H7604 full of [fn]falsehood?” H4604
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - “Behold, H2005 all H3605 of you have seen H2372 it;
Why H4100 then H2088 do you [fn]act H1891 foolishly? H1891
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - So Job H347 opens H6475 his mouth H6310 [fn]emptily; H1892
He multiplies H3527 words H4405 without H1097 knowledge.” H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I hate H8130 those who regard H8104 [fn]vain H7723 idols, H1892
But I trust H982 in the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - “Behold, H2009 You have made H5414 my days H3117 as handbreadths, H2947
And my lifetime H2465 as nothing H369 in Your sight; H5048
Surely H389 every H3605 man H120 [fn]at his best H5324 is [fn]a mere H3605 breath. H1892 [fn]Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - “Surely H389 every H376 man H376 walks H1980 about as [fn]a phantom; H6754
Surely H389 they make H1993 an uproar H1993 for nothing; H1892
He amasses H6651 riches and does not know H3045 who H4310 will gather H622 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - “With reproofs H8433 You chasten H3256 a man H376 for iniquity; H5771
You consume H4529 as a moth H6211 what is precious H2530 to him;
Surely H389 every H3605 man H120 is a mere H1892 breath. H1892 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Men H1121 H120 of low H1121 H120 degree H1121 H120 are only H389 vanity H1892 and men H1121 H376 of rank H376 are a lie; H3577
In the balances H3976 they go H5927 up;
They are together H3162 lighter than H4480 breath. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - So He brought H3615 their days H3117 to an end H3615 in [fn]futility H1892
And their years H8141 in sudden H928 terror. H928
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - The LORD H3068 knows H3045 the thoughts H4284 of man, H120
[fn]That they are a mere breath. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man H120 is like H1819 a mere H1892 breath; H1892
His days H3117 are like a passing H5674 shadow. H6738
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth H1952 obtained by [fn]fraud H1892 dwindles, H4591
But the one who gathers H6908 [fn]by labor H3027 increases H7235 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The acquisition H6467 of treasures H214 by a lying H8267 tongue H3956
Is a fleeting H5086 vapor, H1892 the [fn]pursuit H1245 of death. H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Charm H2580 is deceitful H8267 and beauty H3308 is vain, H1892
But a woman H802 who [fn]fears H3372 the LORD, H3068 she shall be praised. H1984
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - [fn]Vanity H1892 of vanities,” H1892 says H559 the Preacher, H6953
[fn]Vanity H1892 of vanities! H1892 All H3605 is [fn]vanity.” H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen H7200 all H3605 the works H4639 which H7945 have been done H6213 under H8478 the sun, H8121 and behold, H2009 all H3605 is [fn]vanity H1892 and striving H7469 after wind. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said H559 [fn]to myself, H3820 “Come H1980 now, H4994 I will test H5254 you with pleasure. H8057 So [fn]enjoy H7200 H2896 yourself.” And behold, H2009 it too H1571 was futility. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Thus I considered H6437 all H3605 my activities H4639 which H7945 my hands H3027 had done H6213 and the labor H5999 which H7945 I had [fn]exerted, H6213 and behold H2009 all H3605 was [fn]vanity H1892 and striving H7469 after wind H7307 and there H369 was no H369 profit H3504 under H8478 the sun. H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Then I said H559 [fn]to myself, H3820 “As is the fate H4745 of the fool, H3684 it will also H1571 befall H7136 me. Why H4100 then H227 have I been H2449 extremely H3148 wise?” H2449 So [fn]I said H1696 to myself, H3820 “This H2088 too H1571 is vanity.” H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I hated H8130 life, H2416 for the work H4639 which H7945 had been done H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121 was [fn]grievous H7451 to me; because H3588 everything H3605 is futility H1892 and striving H7469 after wind. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who H4310 knows H3045 whether he will be a wise H2450 man H2450 or H176 a fool? H5530 Yet he will have [fn]control H7980 over H7980 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of my labor H5999 for which H7945 I have labored H5998 by acting H2449 wisely H2449 under H8478 the sun. H8121 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When H3588 there H3426 is a man H120 who H7945 has labored H5998 with wisdom, H2451 knowledge H1847 and skill, H3788 then he gives H5414 his [fn]legacy H2506 to one H120 who H7945 has not labored H5998 with them. This H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and a great H7227 evil. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - Because H3588 all H3605 his days H3117 his task H6045 is painful H4341 and grievous; H3708 even H1571 at night H3915 his [fn]mind H3820 does not rest. H7901 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to a person H120 who H7945 is good H2896 in His sight H6440 He has given H5414 wisdom H2451 and knowledge H1847 and joy, H8057 while to the sinner H2398 He has given H5414 the task H6045 of gathering H622 and collecting H3664 so that he may give H5414 to one H2896 who H2896 is good H2896 in God’s H430 sight. H6440 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and striving H7469 after wind. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate H4745 of the sons H1121 of men H120 and the fate H4745 of beasts H929 [fn]is the same. H259 As one H2088 dies H4194 so H3651 dies H4194 the other; H2088 indeed, they all H3605 have the same H259 breath H7307 and there H369 is no H369 advantage H4195 for man H120 over H4480 beast, H929 for all H3605 is [fn]vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - I have seen H7200 that every H3605 labor H5999 and every H3605 skill H3788 which is done H4639 is the result of rivalry H7068 between a man H376 and his neighbor. H7453 This H2088 too H1571 is [fn]vanity H1892 and striving H7469 after wind. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then I looked H7200 again H7725 at vanity H1892 under H8478 the sun. H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There H3426 was a certain H259 man H259 without H369 a [fn]dependent, H8145 having H369 neither H1571 H369 a son H1121 nor H369 a brother, H251 yet there H369 was no H369 end H7093 to all H3605 his labor. H5999 Indeed, H1571 his eyes H5869 were not satisfied H7646 with riches H6239 and he never asked, “And for whom H4310 am I laboring H6001 and depriving H2637 myself H5315 of pleasure?” H2896 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and it is a grievous H7451 task. H6045
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There H369 is no H369 end H7093 to all H3605 the people, H5971 to all H3605 who H834 were before H6440 them, and even H1571 the ones H314 who H314 will come H314 later H314 will not be happy H8055 with him, for this H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and striving H7475 after wind. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - For in many H7230 dreams H2472 and in many H7235 words H1697 there is [fn]emptiness. H1892 Rather, H3588 [fn]fear H3372 God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He who loves H157 money H3701 will not be satisfied H7646 with money, H3701 nor H3808 he who H4310 loves H157 abundance H1995 with its income. H8393 This H2088 too H1571 is [fn]vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - a man H376 to whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth H5233 and honor H3519 so that his soul H5315 lacks H2638 nothing H369 of all H3605 that he desires; H183 yet God H430 has not empowered H7980 him to eat H398 from them, for a foreigner H5237 [fn]enjoys H398 them. This H2088 is [fn]vanity H1892 and a severe H7451 affliction. H2483
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - for it comes H935 in futility H1892 and goes H1980 into obscurity; H2822 and its name H8034 is covered H3680 in obscurity. H2822
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - What H4758 the eyes H5869 see H4758 is better H2896 than H4480 what the soul H5315 [fn]desires. H1980 This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892 and a striving H7469 after wind. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - For there H3426 are many H7235 words H1697 which increase H7235 futility. H1892 What H4100 then is the advantage H3148 to a man? H120
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who H4310 knows H3045 what H4100 is good H2896 for a man H120 during his lifetime, H2416 during the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of his futile H1892 life? H2416 He will [fn]spend H6213 them like a shadow. H6738 For who H4310 can tell H5046 a man H120 what H4100 will be after H310 him under H8478 the sun? H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For as the [fn]crackling H6963 of thorn H5518 bushes H5518 under H8478 a pot, H5518
So H3651 is the laughter H7814 of the fool; H3684
And this H2088 too H1571 is futility. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - I have seen H7200 everything H3605 during my [fn]lifetime H3117 of futility; H1892 there H3426 is a righteous H6662 man H6662 who perishes H6 in his righteousness H6664 and there H3426 is a wicked H7563 man H7563 who prolongs H748 his life in his wickedness. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - So H3651 then, I have seen H7200 the wicked H7563 buried, H6912 those who used to go H935 in and out from the holy H6918 place, H4725 and they are soon forgotten H7911 in the city H5892 where H834 they did H6213 thus. H3651 This H2088 too H1571 is futility. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There H3426 is futility H1892 which H834 is done H6213 on the earth, H776 that is, there H3426 are righteous H6662 men H6662 to whom H834 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the deeds H4639 of the wicked. H7563 On the other hand, there H3426 are evil H7563 men H7563 to whom H7945 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the deeds H4639 of the righteous. H6662 I say H559 that this H2088 too H1571 is futility. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Enjoy H7200 life H2416 with the woman H802 whom H834 you love H157 all H3605 the days H3117 of your [fn]fleeting H1892 life H2416 which H834 He has given H5414 to you under H8478 the sun H8121[fn]; for this H1931 is your reward H2506 in life H2416 and in your toil H5999 in which H834 you have labored H6001 under H8478 the sun. H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - Indeed, H3588 if H518 a man H120 should live H2421 many H7235 years, H8141 let him rejoice H8055 in them all, H3605 and let him remember H2142 the days H3117 of darkness, H2822 for they will be many. H7235 Everything H3605 that is to come H935 will be futility. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - So, remove H5493 grief H3708 and anger H3708 from your heart H3820 and put H5674 away H5674 [fn]pain H7451 from your body, H1320 because H3588 childhood H3208 and the prime H7839 of life H7839 are fleeting. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - “Vanity H1892 of vanities,” H1892 says H559 the Preacher, H6953 “all H3605 is vanity!” H1892

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