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Lexicon :: Strong's H1892 - heḇel

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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H1892

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - Even Egypt, H4714 whose help H5826 is vain H1892 and empty. H7385
Therefore, H3651 I have called H7121 [fn]her
“[fn]Rahab H7294 who H1992 has been exterminated.” H7674

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - But I said, H559 “I have toiled H3021 in vain, H7385
I have spent H3615 My strength H3581 for nothing H8414 and vanity; H1892
Yet surely H403 the justice H4941 due to Me is with the LORD, H3068
And My reward H6468 with My God.” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13 - “When you cry H2199 out, let your collection H6899 of idols deliver H5337 you.
But the wind H7307 will carry H5375 all H3605 of them up,
And a breath H1892 will take H3947 them away.
But he who takes H2620 refuge H2620 in Me will inherit H5157 the land H776
And will possess H3423 My holy H6944 mountain.” H2022

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“What H4100 injustice H5766 did your fathers H1 find H4672 in Me,
That they went H7368 far H7368 from Me
And walked H1980 after H310 emptiness H1892 and became H1891 empty? H1891

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Behold, H2009 listen! H6963 The cry H7775 of the daughter H1323 of my people H5971 from a distant H4801 land: H776
“Is the LORD H3068 not in Zion? H6726 Is her King H4428 not within her?”
“Why H4069 have they provoked H3707 Me with their graven H6456 images, H6456 with foreign H5236 [fn]idols?” H1892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs H2708 of the peoples H5971 are [fn]delusion; H1892
Because H3588 it is wood H6086 cut H3772 from the forest, H3293
The work H4639 of the hands H3027 of a craftsman H2796 with a cutting H4621 tool. H4621

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:8 - But they are altogether H259 stupid H1197 and foolish H3688
In their discipline H4148 of [fn]delusion H1892—[fn]their idol is wood! H6086

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are worthless, H1892 a work H4639 of mockery; H8595
In the time H6256 of their punishment H6486 they will perish. H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:22 - Are there H3426 any H3426 among the [fn]idols H1892 of the nations H1471 who give H1652 rain? H1652
Or H518 can the heavens H8064 grant H5414 showers? H7241
Is it not You, O LORD H3068 our God? H430
Therefore we [fn]hope H6960 in You,
For You are the one who has done H6213 all H3605 these H428 things. H428

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, H3068 my strength H5797 and my stronghold, H4581
And my refuge H4498 in the day H3117 of distress, H6869
To You the nations H1471 will come H935
From the ends H657 of the earth H776 and say, H559
“Our fathers H1 have inherited H5157 nothing H389 but falsehood, H8267
Futility H1892 and [fn]things H3276 of no H369 profit.” H3276

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - They are worthless, H1892 a work H4639 of mockery; H8595
In the time H6256 of their punishment H6486 they will perish. H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Yet H5750 our eyes H5869 failed, H3615
Looking for [fn]help H5833 was useless; H1892
In our watching H6836 we have watched H6822
For a nation H1471 that could not save. H3467

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:8 - “Those who regard H8104 [fn]vain H7723 idols H1892
Forsake H5800 their faithfulness, H2617

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the teraphim H8655 speak H1696 [fn]iniquity, H205
And the diviners H7080 see H2372 [fn]lying H8267 visions H8267
And tell H1696 false H7723 dreams; H2472
They comfort H5162 in vain. H7723
Therefore H5921 H3651 the people [fn]wander H5265 like H3644 sheep, H6629
They are afflicted, H6031 because H3588 there H369 is no H369 shepherd. H7462

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