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Lexicon :: Strong's H7723 - šāv'

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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
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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

H7723

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - non adsumes nomen Domini Dei tui in vanum nec enim habebit insontem Dominus eum qui adsumpserit nomen Domini Dei sui frustra

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - non suscipies vocem mendacii nec iunges manum tuam ut pro impio dicas falsum testimonium

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - non usurpabis nomen Domini Dei tui frustra quia non erit inpunitus qui super re vana nomen eius adsumpserit

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 - nec loqueris contra proximum tuum falsum testimonium

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - sic et ego habui menses vacuos et noctes laboriosas enumeravi mihi

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem et videns iniquitatem nonne considerat

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - non credat frustra errore deceptus quod aliquo pretio redimendus sit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 - si ambulavi in vanitate et festinavit in dolo pes meus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - non ergo frustra audiet Deus et Omnipotens singulorum causas intuebitur

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - [Vulgate 11:3] frustra loquuntur unusquisque proximo suo labium subdolum in corde et corde locuti sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - [Vulgate 23:4] innocens manibus et mundo corde qui non exaltavit frustra animam suam et non iuravit dolose

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - [Vulgate 25:4] non sedi cum viris vanitatis et cum superbis non ingrediar

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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 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - [Vulgate 40:7] et si venerit ut visitet vana loquetur cor eius congregabit iniquitatem sibi et egrediens foras detrahet

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - [Vulgate 59:13] da nobis auxilium in tribulatione vana est enim salus ab homine

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - [Vulgate 88:48] memento mei de profundo alioquin quare frustra creasti filios hominum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - [Vulgate 107:13] da nobis auxilium in tribulatione vana est enim salus ab homine

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 - [Vulgate 118:37] averte oculos meos ne videant vanitatem in via tua vivifica me

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - [Vulgate 126:1] canticum graduum Salomonis nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem frustra vigilat qui custodit eam

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 - [Vulgate 126:2] frustra vobis est de mane consurgere postquam sederitis qui manducatis panem idolorum sic dabit diligentibus se somnum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20 - [Vulgate 138:20] qui contradicent tibi scelerate elati sunt frustra adversarii tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:8 - [Vulgate 143:8] quorum os locutum est vanitatem et dextera eorum dextera mendacii

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - [Vulgate 143:11] libera me et erue me de manu filiorum alienorum quorum os locutum est vanitatem et dextera eorum dextera mendacii

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - vanitatem et verba mendacia longe fac a me mendicitatem et divitias ne dederis mihi tribue tantum victui meo necessaria

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - ne adferatis ultra sacrificium frustra incensum abominatio est mihi neomeniam et sabbatum et festivitates alias non feram iniqui sunt coetus vestri

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - vae qui trahitis iniquitatem in funiculis vanitatis et quasi vinculum plaustri peccatum

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - spiritus eius velut torrens inundans usque ad medium colli ad perdendas gentes in nihilum et frenum erroris quod erat in maxillis populorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - non est qui invocet iustitiam neque est qui iudicet vere sed confidunt in nihili et loquuntur vanitates conceperunt laborem et pepererunt iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - frustra percussi filios vestros disciplinam non receperunt devoravit gladius vester prophetas vestros quasi leo vastator

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - tu autem vastata quid facies cum vestieris te coccino cum ornata fueris monili aureo et pinxeris stibio oculos tuos frustra conponeris contempserunt te amatores tui animam tuam quaerent

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - defecit sufflatorium in igne consumptum est plumbum frustra conflavit conflator malitiae enim eorum non sunt consumptae

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 - quia oblitus est mei populus meus frustra libantes et inpingentes in viis suis in semitis saeculi ut ambularent per eas in itinere non trito

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11 - ascende in Galaad et tolle resinam virgo filia Aegypti frustra multiplicas medicamina sanitas non erit tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - NUN prophetae tui viderunt tibi falsa et stulta nec aperiebant iniquitatem tuam ut te ad paenitentiam provocarent viderunt autem tibi adsumptiones falsas et eiectiones

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:24 - non enim erit ultra omnis visio cassa neque divinatio ambigua in medio filiorum Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - vident vana et divinant mendacium dicentes ait Dominus cum Dominus non miserit eos et perseveraverunt confirmare sermonem

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - numquid non visionem cassam vidistis et divinationem mendacem locuti estis et dicitis ait Dominus cum ego non sim locutus

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - propterea haec dicit Dominus Deus quia locuti estis vana et vidistis mendacium ideo ecce ego ad vos ait Dominus Deus

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - et erit manus mea super prophetas qui vident vana et divinant mendacium in concilio populi mei non erunt et in scriptura domus Israhel non scribentur nec in terra Israhel ingredientur et scietis quia ego Dominus Deus

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - propterea vana non videbitis et divinationes non divinabitis amplius et eruam populum meum de manu vestra et scietis quoniam ego Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - eritque quasi consulens frustra oraculum in oculis eorum et sabbatorum otium imitans ipse autem recordabitur iniquitatis ad capiendum

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - cum tibi viderentur vana et divinarentur mendacia ut dareris super colla vulneratorum impiorum quorum venit dies in tempore iniquitatis praefinita

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - prophetae autem eius liniebant eos absque temperamento videntes vana et divinantes eis mendacium dicentes haec dicit Dominus Deus cum Dominus non sit locutus

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:4 - loquimini verba visionis inutilis et ferietis foedus et germinabit quasi amaritudo iudicium super sulcos agri

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 - si Galaad idolum tamen frustra erant in Galgal bubus immolantes nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:8 - [Vulgate 2:9] qui custodiunt vanitates frustra misericordiam suam derelinquunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - quia simulacra locuta sunt inutile et divini viderunt mendacium et somniatores frustra locuti sunt vane consolabantur idcirco abducti sunt quasi grex adfligentur quia non est eis pastor

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - et dixistis quid locuti sumus contra te dixistis vanus est qui servit Deo et quod emolumentum quia custodivimus praecepta eius et quia ambulavimus tristes coram Domino exercituum
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