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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 - ipsi me provocaverunt in eo qui non erat Deus et inritaverunt in vanitatibus suis et ego provocabo eos in eo qui non est populus et in gente stulta inritabo illos

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - propter universa peccata Baasa et peccata Hela filii eius qui peccaverunt et peccare fecerunt Israhel provocantes Dominum Deum Israhel in vanitatibus suis

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - ambulavitque in omni via Hieroboam filii Nabath et in peccatis eius quibus peccare fecerat Israhel ut inritaret Dominum Deum Israhel in vanitatibus suis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - et abiecerunt legitima eius et pactum quod pepigit cum patribus eorum et testificationes quibus contestatus est eos secutique sunt vanitates et vane egerunt et secuti sunt gentes quae erant per circuitum eorum super quibus praeceperat Dominus eis ut non facerent sicut et illae faciebant

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - desperavi nequaquam ultra iam vivam parce mihi nihil enim sunt dies mei

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:29 - si autem et sic impius sum quare frustra laboravi

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - ecce vos omnes nostis et quid sine causa vana loquimini

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum et absque scientia verba multiplicat

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - [Vulgate 30:7] odisti custodientes vanitates frustra ego autem in Domino confisus sum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - [Vulgate 38:6] ecce breves posuisti dies meos et vita mea quasi non sit in conspectu tuo omnia enim vanitas omnis homo stans semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - [Vulgate 38:7] tantum in imagine ambulat homo tantum frustra turbatur congregat et ignorat cui dimittat ea

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - [Vulgate 38:12] a contentione manus tuae ego consumptus sum in increpationibus pro iniquitate corripuisti virum et posuisti quasi tineam desiderabilia eius verumtamen vanitas omnis homo semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - [Vulgate 61:10] verumtamen vanitas filii Adam mendacium filii viri in stateris dolosis fraudulenter agunt simul

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - [Vulgate 77:33] et consumpsit in vanitate dies eorum et annos eorum velociter

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - [Vulgate 93:11] Dominus novit cogitationes hominum quia vanae sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - [Vulgate 143:4] homo vanitati adsimilatus est dies eius quasi umbra pertransiens

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - substantia festinata minuetur quae autem paulatim colligitur manu multiplicabitur

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - qui congregat thesauros lingua mendacii vanus est et inpingetur ad laqueos mortis

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - sin fallax gratia et vana est pulchritudo mulier timens Dominum ipsa laudabitur

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - vanitas vanitatum dixit Ecclesiastes vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - vidi quae fiunt cuncta sub sole et ecce universa vanitas et adflictio spiritus

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - dixi ego in corde meo vadam et affluam deliciis et fruar bonis et vidi quod hoc quoque esset vanitas

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - cumque me convertissem ad universa opera quae fecerant manus meae et ad labores in quibus frustra sudaveram vidi in omnibus vanitatem et adflictionem animi et nihil permanere sub sole

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - et dixi in corde meo si unus et stulti et meus occasus erit quid mihi prodest quod maiorem sapientiae dedi operam locutusque cum mente mea animadverti quod hoc quoque esset vanitas

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - et idcirco taeduit me vitae meae videntem mala esse universa sub sole et cuncta vanitatem atque adflictionem spiritus

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - quem ignoro utrum sapiens an stultus futurus sit et dominabitur in laboribus meis quibus desudavi et sollicitus fui et est quicquam tam vanum

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - nam cum alius laboret in sapientia et doctrina et sollicitudine homini otioso quaesita dimittit et hoc ergo vanitas et magnum malum

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - cuncti dies eius doloribus et aerumnis pleni sunt nec per noctem mente requiescit et haec non vanitas est

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - homini bono in conspectu suo dedit Deus sapientiam et scientiam et laetitiam peccatori autem dedit adflictionem et curam superfluam ut addat et congreget et tradat ei qui placuit Deo sed et hoc vanitas et cassa sollicitudo mentis

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - idcirco unus interitus est hominis et iumentorum et aequa utriusque condicio sicut moritur homo sic et illa moriuntur similiter spirant omnia et nihil habet homo iumento amplius cuncta subiacent vanitati

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - rursum contemplatus omnes labores hominum et industrias animadverti patere invidiae proximi et in hoc ergo vanitas et cura superflua est

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - considerans repperi et aliam vanitatem sub sole

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - unus est et secundum non habet non filium non fratrem et tamen laborare non cessat nec satiantur oculi eius divitiis nec recogitat dicens cui laboro et fraudo animam meam bonis in hoc quoque vanitas est et adflictio pessima

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - infinitus numerus est populi omnium qui fuerunt ante eum et qui postea futuri sunt non laetabuntur in eo sed et hoc vanitas et adflictio spiritus

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - [Vulgate 5:6] ubi multa sunt somnia plurimae vanitates et sermones innumeri tu vero Deum time

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - [Vulgate 5:9] avarus non implebitur pecunia et qui amat divitias fructus non capiet ex eis et hoc ergo vanitas

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - vir cui dedit Deus divitias et substantiam et honorem et nihil deest animae eius ex omnibus quae desiderat nec tribuit ei potestatem Deus ut comedat ex eo sed homo extraneus vorabit illud hoc vanitas et magna miseria est

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - frustra enim venit et pergit ad tenebras et oblivione delebitur nomen eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - melius est videre quod cupias quam desiderare quod nescias sed et hoc vanitas est et praesumptio spiritus

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - verba sunt plurima multa in disputando habentia vanitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - [Vulgate 7:1] quid necesse est homini maiora se quaerere cum ignoret quid conducat sibi in vita sua numero dierum peregrinationis suae et tempore quo velut umbra praeterit aut quis ei poterit indicare quid post eum futurum sub sole sit

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - [Vulgate 7:7] quia sicut sonitus spinarum ardentium sub olla sic risus stulti sed et hoc vanitas

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - [Vulgate 7:16] haec quoque vidi in diebus vanitatis meae iustus perit in iustitia sua et impius multo vivit tempore in malitia sua

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - vidi impios sepultos qui etiam cum adviverent in loco sancto erant et laudabantur in civitate quasi iustorum operum sed et hoc vanitas est

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - est et alia vanitas quae fit super terram sunt iusti quibus multa proveniunt quasi opera egerint impiorum et sunt impii qui ita securi sunt quasi iustorum facta habeant sed et hoc vanissimum iudico

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - perfruere vita cum uxore quam diligis cunctis diebus vitae instabilitatis tuae qui dati sunt tibi sub sole omni tempore vanitatis tuae haec est enim pars in vita et in labore tuo quod laboras sub sole

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - si annis multis vixerit homo et in omnibus his laetatus fuerit meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis et dierum multorum qui cum venerint vanitatis arguentur praeterita

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - aufer iram a corde tuo et amove malitiam a carne tua adulescentia enim et voluptas vana sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - vanitas vanitatum dixit Ecclesiastes omnia vanitas

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