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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.
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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 - [fn] They have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God, they have exasperated me with their idols; and I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, I will anger them with a nation void of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all the sins of Baasa and Ela his son, as he led Israel astray to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel with their vanities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel by their vanities.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - And they kept not any of his testimonies which he charged them; and they walked after vanities, and became vain, and after the nations round about them, concerning which the Lord had charged them not to do accordingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 - But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - How then do ye comfort me in vain? whereas I have no rest from your molestation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - (LXX 30:7) Thou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - (LXX 38:6) Behold, thou hast made my days [fn]old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - (LXX 38:7) Surely man walks in a [fn]shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - (LXX 38:12) Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web: nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - (LXX 61:10) But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are [fn]all alike formed out of vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - (LXX 77:33) And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years with anxiety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - (LXX 93:11) [fn] The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - (LXX 143:4) Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Charms are false, and woman's beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I beheld all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me; and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For God has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - And I saw all labour, and all the diligent work, that this is a man's envy from his neighbour. This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - (LXX 5:6) For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - (LXX 5:9) He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honour, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - For there are many things which increase vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - What advantage has a man? for who knows what is good for a man in his life, during the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and that out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly; and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - And see life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which are given thee under the sun: for that is thy portion in thy life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - For even if a man should live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and folly are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.

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