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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 H3707 anger H3707 with their [fn]idols H1892.

So I will make H7065 them jealous H7065 with those who are not a people H5971;

I will provoke H3707 them to H3707 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 his son H1121 Elah H425, which H834 they [fn]committed H2398 and into which H834 they misled H2398 Israel H3478, provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to H3707 anger H3707 with their [fn]idols H1892.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked H1980 [fn]entirely H3605 in the way H1870 of Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 and in his sins H2403 into which H834 he misled H2398 Israel H3478, provoking H3707 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 to H3707 anger H3707 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 which H834 He [fn]gave H5749 them. And they followed H1980 H310 [fn]idols H1892 and became H1891 empty H1891, and followed H310 the nations H1471 that surrounded H5439 them, about which H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 them not to do H6213 as they did.
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 only a breath H1892.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 -

“I am H7561 guilty H7561,

Why H4100 then H2088 should I struggle H3021 in vain H1892?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 -

“So how H349 dare H349 you give H5162 me empty H1892 comfort H5162?

For your answers H8666 remain H7604 nothing but falsehood H4604!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 -

“Behold H2005, all H3605 of you have seen H2372 it;

Why H4100 then H2088 do you talk H1891 of H1891 nothing H1891 H1892?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 -

So Job H347 opens H6475 his mouth H6310 with empty H1892 words;

He multiplies H3527 words H4405 without H1097 knowledge H1847.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 -

I hate H8130 those who devote H8104 themselves to worthless H7723 [fn]idols H1892,

But I trust H982 in the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 -

“Behold H2009, You have made H5414 my days H3117 like [fn]hand H2947 widths H2947,

And my lifetime H2465 as nothing H369 in Your sight H5048;

Certainly H389 all H3605 mankind H120 standing H5324 is [fn]a mere H3605 breath H1892. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 -

“Certainly H389 every H376 person H376 walks H1980 around H1980 as [fn]a fleeting H6754 shadow H6754;

They certainly H389 make H1993 an H1993 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 rebukes H8433 You punish H3256 a person H376 for wrongdoing H5771;

You consume H4529 like a moth H6211 what is precious H2530 to him;

Certainly H389 all H3605 mankind H120 is mere H1892 breath H1892! Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 -

People H1121 H120 of low H1121 H120 standing H1121 H120 are only H389 breath H1892, and people H1121 H376 of rank H376 are a lie H3577;

In the balances H3976 they go H5927 up H5927.

Together H3162 they are lighter than H4480 breath H1892.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 -

So He brought H3615 their days H3117 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615 in futility H1892,

And their years H8141 to an end in sudden H928 terror H928.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 -

The LORD H3068 knows H3045 human H120 thoughts H4284,

[fn]That they are mere breath H1892.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 -

Man H120 is H1819 like H1819 the breath H1892;

His days H3117 are like a passing H5674 shadow H6738.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 -

Wealth H1952 obtained from [fn]nothing H1892 dwindles H4591,

But one who gathers H6908 [fn]by labor H3027 increases H7235 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 -

The acquisition H6466 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 -

“Futility H1892 of futilities H1892,” says H559 the Preacher H6953,

“Futility H1892 of futilities H1892! All H3605 is futility 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 futility 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 - So 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 futility H1892 and striving H7469 after wind H7307, and there H369 was H369 no H369 benefit 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 happen H7136 to 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 futility 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]unhappy 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 wise H2450 or H176 a fool H5530? Yet he will have H7980 control H7980 over H7980 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of H5999 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 futility H1892.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When H3588 there H3426 is H3426 a person H120 who H7945 has labored H5998 with wisdom H2451, knowledge H1847, and skill H3788, and then gives H5414 his [fn]legacy H2506 to one H120 who H7945 has not labored H5998 for it; this H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892 and a great H7227 evil H7451.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - Because H3588 all H3605 his days H3117 his activity H6045 is painful H4341 and irritating H3708; even H1571 at night H3915 his [fn]mind H3820 does not rest H7901. This H2088 too H1571 is futility 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 is good H2896 in God’s H430 sight H6440. This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892 and striving H7469 after wind H7307.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate H4745 of the sons H1121 of mankind H120 and the fate H4745 of animals 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 H369 no H369 advantage H4195 for mankind H120 over H4480 animals H929, for all H3605 is futility 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 person H376 and his neighbor H7453. This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892 and striving H7469 after wind H7307.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 -

Then I looked H7200 again H7725 at futility H1892 under H8478 the sun H8121.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There H3426 was H3426 a 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 H369 no H369 end H7093 to all H3605 his labor H5999. Indeed H1571, his eyes H5869 were H7646 not satisfied H7646 with riches H6239, and he never asked, “And for whom H4310 do I labor H6001 and deprive H2637 myself H5315 of pleasure H2896?” This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892, and it is an unhappy H7451 task H6045.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There H369 is H369 no H369 end H7093 to all H3605 the people H5971, to all H3605 who H834 were before H6440 them. Even H1571 the ones H314 who H314 will come H314 later H314 will not be H8055 happy H8055 with him; for this H2088 too H1571 is futility 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 futility H1892. Rather H3588, [fn]fear H3372 God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 -

One who loves H157 money H3701 will not be H7646 satisfied H7646 with money H3701, nor H3808 one who H4310 loves H157 abundance H1995 with its income H8393. This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - a person H376 to whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 riches H6239, 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 given H7980 him the H7980 opportunity H7980 to [fn]enjoy H398 these things, but a foreigner H5237 [fn]enjoys H398 them. This H2088 is futility H1892 and a severe H7451 affliction H2483.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - for a miscarriage comes H935 in futility H1892 and goes H1980 into darkness H2822; and its name H8034 is covered H3680 in darkness 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 striving H7469 after wind H7307.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - For there H3426 are H3426 many H7235 words H1697 which increase H7235 futility H1892. What H4100 then is the advantage H3148 to a person H120?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who H4310 knows H3045 what H4100 is good H2896 for a person 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 person H120 what H4100 will happen H1961 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 H3426 a righteous H6662 person H6662 who perishes H6 in his righteousness H6664, and there H3426 is H3426 a wicked H7563 person 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 H935 and out of the holy H6918 place H4725, and they are soon forgotten H7911 in the city H5892 where H834 they did H6213 such H3651 things H3651. This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 -

There H3426 is H3426 futility H1892 which H834 is done H6213 on the earth H776, that is, there H3426 are H3426 righteous H6662 people H6662 to whom H834 it [fn]happens H5060 according to the deeds H4639 of the wicked H7563. On the other hand, there H3426 are H3426 evil H7563 people 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 - [fn]Enjoy H7200 life H2416 with the wife H802 whom H834 you love H157 all H3605 the days H3117 of your futile H1892 life H2416 which H834 He has given H5414 you under H8478 the sun H8121, [fn]all H3605 the days H3117 of your futility H1892; for this H1931 is your reward H2506 in life H2416 and in your work H5999 which H834 you have labored H6001 under H8478 the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - Indeed H3588, if H518 a person H120 lives H2421 many H7235 years H8141, let him rejoice H8055 in them all H3605; but 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 [fn]sorrow H3708 from your heart H3820 and keep H5674 [fn]pain H7451 away H5674 from your body H1320, because H3588 childhood H3208 and the prime H7839 of H7839 life H7839 are [fn]fleeting H1892.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - “Futility H1892 of futilities H1892,” says H559 the Preacher H6953, “all H3605 is futility H1892!”

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