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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 Box Deu 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD's command.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 - If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - The LORD knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD will be praised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - "Futile! Futile!" laments the Teacher, "Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile - like chasing the wind!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I thought to myself, "Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile." But I found that it also is futile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless - like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile - like chasing the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth - only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile - like chasing the wind!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless - like chasing the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - So I again considered another futile thing on earth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no end to all the people nor to the past generations, yet future generations will not rejoice in him. This also is profitless and like chasing the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. Therefore, fear God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor - instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one's heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile - like chasing the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For no one knows what is best for a person during his life - during the few days of his fleeting life - for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also is an enigma."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many - all that is about to come is obscure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - "Absolutely futile!" laments the Teacher, "All of these things are futile!"

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