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Lexicon :: Strong's H7723 - šāv'

Aa
שָׁוְא
Transliteration
šāv'
Pronunciation
shawv
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as שׁוֹא (H7722) in the sense of desolating
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2338a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ, shawv; or שַׁו shav; from the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain):—false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's H7723 in the following manner: vain (22x), vanity (22x), false (5x), lying (2x), falsely (1x), lies (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's H7723 in the following manner: vain (22x), vanity (22x), false (5x), lying (2x), falsely (1x), lies (1x).
  1. emptiness, vanity, falsehood

    1. emptiness, nothingness, vanity

    2. emptiness of speech, lying

    3. worthlessness (of conduct)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ, shawv; or שַׁו shav; from the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain):—false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
STRONGS H7723: Abbreviations
שָׁוְא noun [masculine] emptiness, vanity; — שׁ׳ absolute Exodus 23:1 + 51 times, שָׁו Job 15:31 (Kt); —
1. emptiness, nothingness, vanity: תְּשׁוּעַת אָרָם שׁ׳ Psalm 60:13 vain (is) man's deliverance, = Psalm 108:13; לָכֶם שׁ׳ Psalm 127:2 it is vain (useless) for you; Psalm 89:48 for (עַל) what nothingness hast thou created man ? compare יַרְחֵי שׁ׳ Job 7:3; הַבְלֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 31:7 (idols) = Jonah 2:9, compare Jeremiah 18:15 + Hosea 5:11 Greek Version of the LXX (for צָו); מִנְחַת שׁ׳ Isaiah 1:13 of ineffective offering to י׳; נשׂא לַשּׁ׳ (לֹא) Exodus 20:7 (twice in verse) take up name of God in vain (to no good purpose) = Deuteronomy 5:11 (twice in verse), compare Psalm 24:4; Psalm 139:20 [MT lifted up in vain are thy foes, but read שְׁמֶ֑ךָ for עָרֶיךָ, compare נשׂא 1b (7); others. עָלֶיךָ, see II. עָר]; היה שׁ׳ Hosea 12:12 become nothing (We עשׂה שׁ׳, and so 3); ראה שׁ׳ Psalm 119:37; adverb לַשּׁ׳ in vain Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 6:29; Jeremiah 46:11; שׁ׳ Psalm 127:1 (twice in verse); Malachi 3:14.
2. emptiness of speech, || lying, שׁ׳ וּדְבַר כָּזָב Proverbs 30:8; דבּר שׁ׳ Psalm 12:3; Psalm 41:7; Psalm 144:8; Psalm 144:11; Isaiah 59:4; Ezekiel 13:8; אָלוֺת שׁ׳ Hosea 10:4 + Hosea 12:2 Greek Version of the LXX We and others (for שֹׁד); הָלַךְ עִםשֿׁ׳ Job 31:5 (|| מִרְמָה); עֵד שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 5:17 (= עֵד שָֽׁקֶר Exodus 20:16); compare שֵׁמַע שׁ׳ Exodus 23:1 (E); of false (empty) prophecy חֲזוֺן שׁ׳ Ezekiel 12:24, חָזוּ שׁ׳ Lamentations 2:14; see also Ezekiel 13:6, 7, 9, 23; Ezekiel 21:34; Ezekiel 22:28; Job 35:13 (or empty complaining, below 1); קסם שׁ׳ Ezekiel 21:28; חֲלֹמוֺת הַשּׁ׳ Zechariah 10:2.
3. of conduct, worthlessness (Buhl below 1, 2); מְרתי שׁ׳ worthless men Psalm 26:4; Job 11:11; worthless motives (in figurative) חַבְלֵי הַשּׁ׳ Isaiah 5:18; נָפַת שׁ׳ Isaiah 30:28 (i.e. sifting out the worthless; al. sieve of (bringing) disappointment); play on meanings in Job 15:31 (twice in verse), compare DrJob, Psalt. 464.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:7; 20:16; 23:1; 23:1

Deuteronomy

5:11; 5:17

Job

7:3; 11:11; 15:31; 15:31; 31:5; 35:13

Psalms

12:3; 24:4; 26:4; 31:7; 41:7; 89:48; 108:13; 119:37; 127:1; 127:2; 139:20; 144:8; 144:11

Proverbs

30:8

Isaiah

1:13; 5:18; 30:28; 59:4

Jeremiah

2:30; 4:30; 6:29; 18:15; 46:11

Lamentations

2:14

Ezekiel

12:24; 13:6; 13:7; 13:8; 13:9; 13:23; 21:28; 22:28

Hosea

5:11; 10:4; 12:2; 12:12

Jonah

2:9

Zechariah

10:2

Malachi

3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7723 matches the Hebrew שָׁוְא (šāv'),
which occurs 54 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 -

“You shall not take H5375 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 in vain H7723, for the LORD H3068 will not [fn]leave H5352 him unpunished H5352 who H834 takes H5375 His name H8034 in vain H7723.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 -

“You shall not give H5375 a false H7723 report H8088; do not join H7896 your hand H3027 with a wicked H7563 person H7563 to be a malicious H2555 witness H5707.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 -

‘You shall not take H5375 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 [fn]in vain H7723, for the LORD H3068 will not [fn]leave H5352 unpunished H5352 the one who H834 takes H5375 His name H8034 in vain H7723.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 -

‘You shall not give H6030 false H7723 testimony H5707 against your neighbor H7453.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 -

So H3651 I am allotted H5157 worthless H7723 months H3391,

And nights H3915 of trouble H5999 are apportioned H4487 to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 -

“For He knows H3045 false H7723 people H4962,

And He sees H7200 injustice H205 [fn]without H3808 investigating H995.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 -

“Let him not trust H539 in emptiness H7723, deceiving H8582 himself;

For his [fn]reward H8545 will be emptiness H7723.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 -

“If H518 I have walked H1980 with deception H7723,

And my foot H7272 has hurried H2363 after H5921 deceit H4820,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 -

“God H410 certainly H389 will not listen H8085 to [fn]an empty H7723 cry,

Nor H3808 will the Almighty H7706 regard H7789 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 -

They speak H1696 [fn]lies H7723 to one H376 another H7453;

They speak H1696 with [fn]flattering H2513 lips H8193 and a double H3820 heart H3820.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 -

One who has clean H5355 hands H3709 and a pure H1249 heart H3824,

Who H834 has not lifted H5375 up H5375 his soul H5315 to deceit H7723

And has not sworn H7650 deceitfully H4820.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 -

I do not sit H3427 with [fn]deceitful H7723 people H4962,

Nor H3808 will I go H935 with [fn]pretenders H5956.

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 41:6 -

And [fn]when H518 he comes H935 to see H7200 me, he speaks H1696 [fn]empty H7723 words H7723;

His heart H3820 gathers H6908 wickedness H205 to itself;

When he goes H3318 outside H2351, he tells H1696 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 -

Oh give H3051 us help H5833 against H4480 the enemy H6862,

For rescue H8668 [fn]by man H120 is worthless H7723.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 -

Remember H2142 [fn]what H4100 my lifespan H2465 is;

For what H4100 futility H7723 [fn]You have created H1254 all H3605 the sons H1121 of mankind H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 -

Give H3051 us help H5833 against H4480 the enemy H6862,

For deliverance H8668 [fn]by man H120 is worthless H7723.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 -

Turn H5674 my eyes H5869 away H5674 from looking H7200 at what H7723 is H7723 worthless H7723,

And revive H2421 me in Your ways H1870.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 -

A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.

Unless H518 H3808 the LORD H3068 builds H1129 a house H1004,

They who build H1129 it labor H5998 in H7723 vain H7723;

Unless H518 H3808 the LORD H3068 guards H8104 a city H5892,

The watchman H8104 stays H8245 awake H8245 in H7723 vain H7723.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 -

It is futile H7723 for you to rise H6965 up H6965 early H7925,

To [fn]stay H3427 up H309 late H309,

To eat H398 the bread H3899 of painful H6089 labor H6089;

This H3651 is H3651 how H3651 He gives H5414 to His beloved H3039 sleep H8142.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20 -

For they speak H559 [fn]against You wickedly H4209,

And Your enemies H6145 [fn]take H5375 Your name in vain H7723.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:8 -

Whose H834 mouth H6310 speaks H1696 deceit H7723,

And whose right H3225 hand H3225 is a right H3225 hand H3225 of falsehood H8267.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 -

Rescue H6475 me and save H5337 me from the hand H3027 of foreigners H1121 H5236,

Whose H834 mouth H6310 speaks H1696 deceit H7723

And whose right H3225 hand H3225 is a right H3225 hand H3225 of falsehood H8267.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 -

Keep H7368 deception H7723 and [fn]lies H3577 far H7368 from me,

Give H5414 me neither H408 poverty H7389 nor H408 riches H6239;

Feed H2963 me with the food H3899 that is my portion H2706,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 -

“Do not go H3254 on H3254 bringing H935 your worthless H7723 offerings H4503,

Incense H7004 is an abomination H8441 to Me.

New H2320 moon H2320 and Sabbath H7676, the proclamation H7121 of an assembly H4744

I cannot H3808 endure H3201 wrongdoing H205 and the festive H6116 assembly H6116.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 -

Woe H1945 to those who drag H4900 wrongdoing H5771 with the cords H2256 of [fn]deceit H7723,

And sin H2403 as if with cart H5699 ropes H5688;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 -

His breath H7307 is like an overflowing H7857 river H5158,

Which reaches H2673 to the neck H6677,

To shake H5130 the nations H1471 back H5130 and H5130 forth H5130 in a [fn]sieve H5299,

And to put in the jaws H3895 of the peoples H5971 the bridle H7448 which leads H8582 astray H8582.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 -

No H369 one H369 sues H7121 righteously H6664 and no H369 one H369 pleads H8199 [fn]honestly H530.

They trust H982 in confusion H8414 and speak H1696 lies H7723;

They conceive H2029 trouble H5999 and give H3205 birth H3205 to disaster H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 -

“In vain H7723 I have struck H5221 your sons H1121;

They did not accept H3947 discipline H4148.

Your sword H2719 has devoured H398 your prophets H5030

Like a destroying H7843 lion H738.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 -

And you, desolate H7703 one, what H4100 will you do H6213?

Although H3588 you dress H3847 in scarlet H8144,

Although H3588 you adorn H5710 yourself with jewelry H5716 of gold H2091,

Although H3588 you enlarge H7167 your eyes H5869 with makeup H6320,

In vain H7723 you make H3302 yourself beautiful H3302.

Your [fn]lovers H5689 despise H3988 you;

They seek H1245 your life H5315.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 -

The bellows H4647 blow H2787 fiercely H2787,

The lead H5777 is consumed H8552 by the fire H800;

In vain H7723 the refining H6884 goes H6884 on H6884,

But the wicked H7451 are not [fn]separated H5423.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 -

‘For My people H5971 have forgotten H7911 Me,

They burn H6999 incense H6999 [fn]to worthless H7723 gods.

And they [fn]have stumbled H3782 in their ways H1870,

In the ancient H5769 roads H7635,

To walk H1980 on paths H5410,

Not on a highway H1870 H5549,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11 -

Go H5927 up H5927 to Gilead H1568 and obtain H3947 balm H6875,

Virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Egypt H4714!

You have used H7235 many H7235 [fn]remedies H7499 in vain H7723;

There H369 is H369 no H369 healing H8585 for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 -

Your prophets H5030 have seen H2372 for you

Worthless H7723 and deceptive H8602 visions;

And they have not exposed H1540 your wrongdoing H5771

So as to restore H7725 you from captivity H7622,

But they have seen H2372 for you worthless H7723 and misleading H4065 pronouncements H4065.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:24 - “For there will no H3808 longer H5750 be any H3605 [fn]false H7723 vision H2377 or deceptive H2509 divination H4738 within H8432 the house H1004 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - “They see H2372 deceit H7723 and lying H3577 divination H7081, those who are saying H559, ‘The LORD H3068 declares H5002,’ when the LORD H3068 has not sent H7971 them; yet they wait H3176 for the fulfillment H6965 of their word H1697!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - “Did you not see H2372 a false H7723 vision H4236 and tell H559 a lying H3577 divination H4738 when you said H559, ‘The LORD H3068 declares H5002,’ but it is not I who have spoken H1696?”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 -

Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Because H3282 you have spoken H1696 deceit H7723 and have seen H2372 a lie H3577, therefore H3651 behold H2009, I am against H413 you,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - “So My hand H3027 will be against H413 the prophets H5030 who see H2372 false H7723 visions H2372 and utter H7080 lying H3577 divinations H7080. They will [fn]have H1961 no H3808 place H1961 in the council H5475 of My people H5971, nor H3808 will they be written H3789 down H3789 in the register H3791 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478, nor H3808 will they enter H935 the land H127 of Israel H3478, [fn]so that you may know H3045 that I am the Lord H136 GOD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - therefore H3651 you women will no H3808 longer H5750 see H2372 deceitful H7723 visions H2372 or practice H7080 divination H7081, and I will save H5337 My people H5971 from your hands H3027. So you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - “And it will be to them like a false H7723 divination H7080 in their eyes H5869; they have sworn solemn H7650 oaths H7621. But he makes H2142 guilt H5771 known H2142, so that they may be seized H8610.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they see H2372 false H7723 visions H2372 for you, while they divine H7080 lies H3577 for you—to place H5414 you on the necks H6677 of the wicked H7563 who are killed H2491, whose H834 day H3117 has come H935, in the time H6256 of the [fn]punishment H5771 of the end H7093.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - “And her prophets H5030 have coated H2902 with whitewash H8602 for them, seeing H2372 false H7723 visions H2372 and divining H7080 lies H3577 for them, saying H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559,’ when the LORD H3068 has not spoken H1696.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:4 -

They speak H1696 mere words H1697,

[fn]With worthless H7723 oaths H422 they make H3772 covenants H1285;

And judgment H4941 sprouts H6524 like poisonous H7219 weeds H7219 in the furrows H8525 of the field H7704.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 -

Is there injustice H205 in Gilead H1568?

Certainly H389 they are worthless H7723.

In Gilgal H1537 they sacrifice H2076 bulls H7794,

Yes H1571, their altars H4196 are like stone H1530 heaps H1530

Beside H5921 the furrows H8525 of a field H7704.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:8 -

“Those who are followers H8104 of worthless H7723 [fn]idols H1892

Abandon H5800 their faithfulness H2617,

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 -

For the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 speak H1696 deception H205,

And the diviners H7080 see H2372 [fn]an illusion H8267

And tell H1696 deceitful H7723 dreams H2472;

They comfort H5162 in H1892 vain H1892.

Therefore H5921 H3651 the people [fn]wander H5265 like H3644 sheep H6629,

They are H6031 wretched H6031 because H3588 there H369 is H369 no H369 shepherd H7462.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - “You have said H559, ‘It is pointless H7723 to serve H5647 God H430; and what H4100 benefit H1215 is it for us that we have done H8104 what H4931 He required H4931, and that we have walked H1980 in mourning H6941 before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635?
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