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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 Box Exo 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - 'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - 'Thou dost not take up the Name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah doth not acquit him who taketh up His Name for a vain thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 - 'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:5 - If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the deliverance of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - Remember, I pray Thee, what is life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 - Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 - Vain for you who are rising early, Who delay sitting, eating the bread of griefs, So He giveth to His beloved one sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20 - Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:8 - Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - Free me, and deliver me From the hand of sons of a stranger, Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Wo to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - And His breath is as an overflowing stream, Unto the neck it divideth, To sift nations with a sieve of vanity, And a bridle causing to err, Is on the jaws of the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself with ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 - But My people have forgotten Me, to a vain thing they make perfume, And they cause them to stumble in their ways -- paths of old, To walk in paths -- a way not raised up,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11 - Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt, In vain thou hast multiplied medicines, Healing there is none for thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - Thy prophets have seen for thee a false and insipid thing, And have not revealed concerning thine iniquity, To turn back thy captivity, And they see for thee false burdens and causes of expulsion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:24 - For there is no more any vain vision, and flattering divination, In the midst of the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - They have seen vanity, and lying divination, Who are saying: An affirmation of Jehovah, And Jehovah hath not sent them, And they have hoped to establish a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:7 - A vain vision have ye not seen, And a lying divination spoken, When ye say: An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have not spoken?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen a lie, Therefore, lo, I am against you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - And My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I am the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - Therefore, vanity ye do not see, And divination ye do not divine again, And I have delivered My people out of your hand, And ye have known that I am Jehovah!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - And it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - In the seeing for thee of a vain thing, In the divining for thee of a lie, To put thee on the necks of the wounded of the wicked, whose day hath come, In the time of the iniquity of the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, 'Thus said the Lord Jehovah:' And Jehovah hath not spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:4 - They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 - Surely Gilead is iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars are as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:8 - Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, With vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:14 - Ye have said, 'A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, Because of Jehovah of Hosts?
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