TBESH · H1892
הֶ֫בֶל · he.vel · vanity
1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly
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he.vel H1892
הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) means “vanity” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
הֶ֫בֶל Hebrew · H1892 73 tagged occurrences in 64 verses
Pronunciation guide: heh'bel Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from H1891 (הָבַל); emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV glosses: [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
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How translators render H1892
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| is futile | 20 |
| futility | 5 |
| are worthless | 3 |
| in vain | 3 |
| of futilities | 3 |
| to be futile | 3 |
| with their worthless idols | 3 |
| worthless idols | 3 |
| a breath | 2 |
| idols | 2 |
| in futility | 2 |
| a futility | 1 |
| a vapor | 1 |
| and offer empty | 1 |
| and vanity | 1 |
| are fleeting | 1 |
| are futile | 1 |
| as we looked in vain | 1 |
| bring futility | 1 |
| but a breath | 1 |
| by worthless idols | 1 |
| dishonest | 1 |
| empty talk | 1 |
| exists as but a breath | 1 |
| his fleeting | 1 |
| in my futile | 1 |
| is but a vapor | 1 |
| is fleeting | 1 |
| mist | 1 |
| of the fleeting | 1 |
| the worthless idols | 1 |
| they are but a vapor | 1 |
| to worthless idols | 1 |
| with empty words | 1 |
| your fleeting | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| vanity | 32 |
| also vanity | 6 |
| in vain | 4 |
| of vanities | 4 |
| vanities | 4 |
| with their vanities | 3 |
| a vanity | 2 |
| of thy vanity | 2 |
| vain | 2 |
| among the vanities | 1 |
| and in vain | 1 |
| by vanity | 1 |
| for our vain | 1 |
| i in vain | 1 |
| in vanity | 1 |
| in with vanity | 1 |
| of his vain | 1 |
| of my vanity | 1 |
| than vanity | 1 |
| this is also vanity | 1 |
| to vanity | 1 |
| why then are ye thus altogether | 1 |
| ye me in vain | 1 |
Verses containing H1892
Page 1 of 2. 64 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Deuteronomy 32:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 16:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 16:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 17:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
Read word by word - Job 7:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Read word by word - Job 9:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
Read word by word - Job 21:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
Read word by word - Job 27:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
Read word by word - Job 35:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Read word by word - Psalms 31:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.7
- Psalms 39:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.6
- Psalms 39:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.7
- Psalms 39:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 39.12
- Psalms 62:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.10
- Psalms 78:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
Read word by word - Psalms 94:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
Read word by word - Psalms 144:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Read word by word - Proverbs 13:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Read word by word - Proverbs 21:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Read word by word - Proverbs 31:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 1:2
· BSB · 5 occurrences
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 3:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 4:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 4:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Again, I saw futility under the sun.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 4:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 4:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 5:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.6
- Ecclesiastes 5:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.9
- Ecclesiastes 6:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 6:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 6:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 6:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 6:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 7:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 7:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 8:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 8:14
· BSB · 2 occurrences
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 9:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 11:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 11:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 12:8
· BSB · 3 occurrences
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”
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