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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

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.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 32:21–Ecc 12:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 - You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

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