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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 H1992 have moved me to jealousy H7065 with H3808 that which is not H3808 God; H410 they have provoked me to anger H3707 with their vanities: H1892 and I H589 will move them to jealousy H7065 with H3808 those which are not H3808 a people; H5971 I will provoke them to anger H3707 with a H1471 foolish H5036 nation. H1471
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - For H413 all H3605 the sins H2403 of Baasha, H1201 and the sins H2403 of Elah H425 his son, H1121 by which H834 they sinned, H2398 and by which H834 they made H2398 Israel H3478 to sin, H2398 in provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to anger H3707 with their vanities. H1892
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked H3212 in all H3605 the way H1870 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat, H5028 and in his sin H2403 wherewith H834 he made H2398 Israel H3478 to sin, H2398 to provoke H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to anger H3707 with their vanities. H1892
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - And they rejected H3988 his statutes, H2706 and H853 his covenant H1285 that H834 he made H3772 with H854 their fathers, H1 and H853 his testimonies H5715 which H834 he testified H5749 against them; and they followed H3212 H310 vanity, H1892 and became vain, H1891 and went after H310 the heathen H1471 that H834 were round about them, H5439 concerning whom H834 the LORD H3068 had charged H6680 them, H853 that H1115 they should H6213 not H1115 do H6213 like them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe H3988 it; I would H2421 not H3808 live H2421 alway: H5769 let H2308 me H4480 alone; H2308 for H3588 my days H3117 are vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 - If I H595 be wicked, H7561 why H4100 then H2088 labour I H3021 in vain? H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - How then H349 comfort ye me H5162 in vain, H1892 seeing in your answers H8666 there remaineth H7604 falsehood? H4604
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Behold, H2005 all ye H3605 yourselves H859 have seen H2372 it; why H4100 then H2088 are ye thus altogether vain? H1892 H1891
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - Therefore H347 doth H6475 Job H347 open H6475 his mouth H6310 in vain; H1892 he multiplieth H3527 words H4405 without H1097 knowledge. H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I have hated H8130 them that regard H8104 lying H7723 vanities: H1892 but I H589 trust H982 in H413 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - Behold, H2009 thou hast made H5414 my days H3117 as an handbreadth; H2947 and mine age H2465 is as nothing H369 before thee: H5048 verily H389 every H3605 man H120 at his best state H5324 is altogether H3605 vanity. H1892 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Surely H389 every man H376 walketh H1980 in a vain shew: H6754 surely H389 they are disquieted H1993 in vain: H1892 he heapeth up H6651 riches, and H3808 knoweth H3045 not H3808 who H4310 shall gather them. H622
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - When H8433 thou H3256 with rebukes H8433 dost correct H3256 man H376 for H5921 iniquity, H5771 thou makest his beauty H2530 to consume away H4529 like a moth: H6211 surely H389 every H3605 man H120 is vanity. H1892 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Surely H389 men H120 of low degree  H1121 H120 are vanity, H1892 and men of high degree H1121 H376 are a lie: H3577 to be laid H5927 in the balance, H3976 they H1992 are altogether H3162 lighter than vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - Therefore H3615 their days H3117 did he consume H3615 in vanity, H1892 and their years H8141 in trouble. H928
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - The LORD H3068 knoweth H3045 the thoughts H4284 of man, H120 that H3588 they H1992 are vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man H120 is like H1819 to vanity: H1892 his days H3117 are as a shadow H6738 that passeth away. H5674
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth H1952 gotten by vanity H1892 shall be diminished: H4591 but he that gathereth H6908 by H5921 labour H3027 shall increase. H7235
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The getting H6467 of treasures H214 by a H3956 lying H8267 tongue H3956 is a vanity H1892 tossed to and fro H5086 of them that seek H1245 death. H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Favour H2580 is deceitful, H8267 and H1892 beauty H3308 is vain:  H1892 but a woman H802 that feareth H3373 the LORD, H3068 she H1931 shall be praised. H1984
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - Vanity H1892 of vanities, H1892 saith H559 the Preacher, H6953 vanity H1892 of vanities; H1892 all H3605 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen H7200 all H3605 the works H4639 that are done H6213 under H8478 the sun; H8121 and, behold, H2009 all H3605 is vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I H589 said H559 in mine heart, H3820 Go to H3212 now, H4994 I will prove thee H5254 with mirth, H8057 therefore enjoy H7200 pleasure: H2896 and, behold, H2009 this H1931 also H1571 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then H6437 I H589 looked H6437 on all H3605 the works H4639 that H6213 my hands H3027 had wrought, H6213 and on the labour H5999 that I had laboured H5998 to do: H6213 and, behold, H2009 all H3605 was vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit, H7307 and H369 there was no H369 profit H3504 under H8478 the sun. H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Then said H559 I H589 in my heart, H3820 As it happeneth H4745 to the fool, H3684 so H1571 it happeneth H7136 even H1571 to me; H589 and why H4100 was H2449 I H589 then H227 more H3148 wise? H2449 Then I said H1696 in my heart, H3820 that H1571 this H2088 also H1571 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - Therefore I hated H8130 life; H2416 because H3588 the work H4639 that is wrought H6213 under H8478 the sun H8121 is grievous H7451 unto me: H5921 for H3588 all H3605 is vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who H4310 knoweth H3045 whether H2450 he shall be H1961 a wise H2450 man or H176 a fool? H5530 yet shall he have rule H7980 over all H3605 my labour H5999 wherein I have laboured, H5998 and wherein I have shewed myself wise H2449 under H8478 the sun. H8121 This H2088 is also H1571 vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For H3588 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 H3808 hath H5998 not H3808 laboured H5998 therein shall he leave it H5414 for his portion. H2506 This H2088 also H1571 is vanity H1892 and a H7451 great H7227 evil. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For H3588 all H3605 his days H3117 are sorrows, H4341 and H3708 his travail H6045 grief; H3708 yea, H1571 his heart H3820 taketh H7901 not H3808 rest H7901 in the night. H3915 This H2088 is H1892 also H1571 vanity.  H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For H3588 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 H2088 also H1571 is vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For H3588 that which befalleth H4745 the sons H1121 of men H120 befalleth H4745 beasts; H929 even H4745 one thing H259 befalleth H4745 them: as H4194 the one H2088 dieth, H4194 so H3651 dieth H4194 the other; H2088 yea, H7307 they have all H3605 one H259 breath; H7307 so that H4195 a man H120 hath H4195 no H369 preeminence H4195 above H4480 a beast: H929 for H3588 all H3605 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, H7200 I H589 considered H7200 all H3605 travail, H5999 and H853 every H3605 right H3788 work, H4639 that for H3588 this H1931 a man H376 is envied H7068 of his neighbour. H7453 This H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then H7725 I H589 returned, H7725 and I saw H7200 vanity H1892 under H8478 the sun. H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is H3426 one H259 alone, and H369 there is not H369 a second; H8145 yea, H1571 he hath neither H369 child H1121 nor brother: H251 yet H369 is there no H369 end H7093 of all H3605 his labour; H5999 neither H3808 is H7646 his eye H5869 satisfied H7646 with riches; H6239 neither saith he, For whom H4310 do H6001 I H589 labour, H6001 and bereave H2637 my soul H5315 of good? H2896 This H2088 is also H1571 vanity, H1892 yea, H6045 it H1931 is a H6045 sore H7451 travail. H6045
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no H369 end H7093 of all H3605 the people, H5971 even of all H3605 that H834 have been H1961 before them: H6440 they H314 also H1571 that come after H314 shall H8055 not H3808 rejoice H8055 in him. Surely H3588 this H2088 also H1571 is vanity H1892 and vexation H7475 of spirit. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - For H3588 in the multitude H7230 of dreams H2472 and H1697 many H7235 words H1697 there are also H1892 divers vanities:  H1892 but H3588 fear thou H3372 God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He that loveth H157 silver H3701 shall H7646 not H3808 be satisfied H7646 with silver; H3701 nor H3808 he that loveth H157 abundance H1995 with increase: H8393 this H2088 is also H1571 vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - A man H376 to whom H834 God H430 hath given H5414 riches, H6239 wealth, H5233 and honour, H3519 so that he H369 wanteth H2638 nothing H369 for his soul H5315 of all H3605 that H834 he desireth, H183 yet H3808 God H430 giveth him H7980 not H3808 power H7980 to eat H398 thereof, H4480 but H3588 a stranger H376 H5237 eateth it: H398 this H2088 is vanity, H1892 and H2483 it H1931 is an H2483 evil H7451 disease. H2483
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - For H3588 he cometh in H935 with vanity, H1892 and H2822 departeth H3212 in darkness, H2822 and H2822 his name H8034 shall be covered H3680 with darkness. H2822
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - Better H2896 is the sight H4758 of the eyes H5869 than the wandering H1980 of the desire: H5315 this H2088 is also H1571 vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - Seeing H3588 there be H3426 many H7235 things H1697 that increase H7235 vanity, H1892 what H4100 is man H120 the better? H3148
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For H3588 who H4310 knoweth H3045 what H4100 is good H2896 for man H120 in H2416 this life, H2416 all H4557 the days H3117 of H2416 his vain H1892 life H2416 which he spendeth H6213 as a shadow? H6738 for H834 who H4310 can tell H5046 a man H120 what H4100 shall be H1961 after him H310 under H8478 the sun? H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For H3588 as the crackling H6963 of thorns H5518 under H8478 a pot, H5518 so H3651 is the laughter H7814 of the fool: H3684 this H2088 also H1571 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - All H3605 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 H3426 a wicked H7563 man that prolongeth H748 his life in his wickedness. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - And so H3651 I saw H7200 the wicked H7563 buried, H6912 who had come H935 and H4725 gone H1980 from the place H4725 of the holy, H6918 and they were forgotten H7911 in the city H5892 where H834 they had H6213 so H3651 done: H6213 this H2088 is also H1571 vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is H3426 a vanity H1892 which H834 is done H6213 upon H5921 the earth; H776 that H834 there be H3426 just H6662 men, unto whom H834 it happeneth H5060 according H413 to the work H4639 of the wicked; H7563 again, there be H3426 wicked H7563 men, to whom it happeneth H5060 according H413 to the work H4639 of the righteous: H6662 I said H559 that H1571 this H2088 also H1571 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live H2416 joyfully H7200 with H5973 the wife H802 whom H834 thou lovest H157 all H3605 the days H3117 of the life H2416 of thy vanity, H1892 which H834 he hath given H5414 thee under H8478 the sun, H8121 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy vanity: H1892 for H3588 that H1931 is thy portion H2506 in this life, H2416 and in thy labour H5999 which H834 thou H859 takest H6001 under H8478 the sun. H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - But H3588 if H518 a man H120 live H2421 many H7235 years, H8141 and rejoice H8055 in them all; H3605 yet let him remember H2142 the days H3117 of darkness; H2822 for H3588 they shall be H1961 many. H7235 All H3605 that cometh H935 is vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Therefore remove H5493 sorrow H3708 from thy heart, H3820 and put away H5674 evil H7451 from thy flesh: H1320 for H3588 childhood H3208 and youth H7839 are vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - Vanity H1892 of vanities, H1892 saith H559 the preacher; H6953 all H3605 is vanity. H1892

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