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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.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 32:21–Ecc 12:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;
They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols.
But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;
I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned and by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols, became idolaters, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
Let me alone,
For my days are but a breath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 - If I am condemned,
Why then do I labor in vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - How then can you comfort me with empty words,
Since falsehood remains in your answers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Surely all of you have seen it;
Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain;
He multiplies words without knowledge.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I have hated those who regard useless idols;
But I trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Surely men of low degree are a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - Therefore their days He consumed in futility,
And their years in fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
That they are futile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man is like a breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished,
But he who gathers by labor will increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - Getting treasures by a lying tongue
Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing,
But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - “Vanity[fn] of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, this also was vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - So I said in my heart,
“As it happens to the fool,
It also happens to me,
And why was I then more wise?”
Then I said in my heart,
“This also is vanity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one alone, without companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his eye satisfied with riches.
But he never asks,
“For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?”
This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There was no end of all the people over whom he was made king;
Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But fear God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver;
Nor he who loves abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - Since there are many things that increase vanity,
How is man the better?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - I have seen everything in my days of vanity:

There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness,
And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten[fn] in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - But if a man lives many years
And rejoices in them all,
Yet let him remember the days of darkness,
For they will be many.
All that is coming is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Therefore remove sorrow from your heart,
And put away evil from your flesh,
For childhood and youth are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“All is vanity.”

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