שָׁוְא (shav) means “vanity: false” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shawv Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁוְא · shav · vanity: false
: false 1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood 1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity 1b) emptiness of speech, lying 1c) worthlessness (of conduct) Also means: shav (שָׁוְא ": vain" H7723H)
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שָׁוְא · shav · vanity: vain
: vain/empty/worthless 1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood 1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity 1b) emptiness of speech, lying 1c) worthlessness (of conduct)
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or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) 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)
KJV glosses: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
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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 |
|---|---|
| in vain | 10 |
| falsehood | 4 |
| a false | 3 |
| false | 3 |
| false visions | 3 |
| is worthless | 2 |
| were empty | 2 |
| by false | 1 |
| deceitful | 1 |
| emptiness | 1 |
| from worthless things | 1 |
| futility | 1 |
| in emptiness | 1 |
| it is futile | 1 |
| keep falsehood | 1 |
| lies | 1 |
| of deceit | 1 |
| of destruction | 1 |
| of futility | 1 |
| the deceit | 1 |
| they lie | 1 |
| to an idol | 1 |
| to empty pleas | 1 |
| to nothing | 1 |
| to worthless idols | 1 |
| vain | 1 |
| vain words | 1 |
| while they offer false | 1 |
| with false | 1 |
| worthless | 1 |
| your name in vain | 1 |
| your worthless | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in vain | 12 |
| vanity | 11 |
| vain | 5 |
| of vanity | 3 |
| false | 2 |
| for vain | 2 |
| lying | 2 |
| a false | 1 |
| a vain | 1 |
| and it shall be unto them as a false | 1 |
| falsely | 1 |
| for thee false | 1 |
| for there shall be no more any vain | 1 |
| for vanity | 1 |
| from me vanity | 1 |
| in vanity | 1 |
| lies | 1 |
| no more vanity | 1 |
| surely they are vanity | 1 |
| to vanity | 1 |
| unto vanity | 1 |
| with vain | 1 |
| with vanity | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 48 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
Read word by word“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Read word by wordYou shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
Read word by wordYou shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Read word by wordSo I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
Read word by wordSurely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
Read word by wordLet him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
Read word by wordIf I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
Read word by wordSurely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
Read word by wordThey lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.3
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
Read word by wordI do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
Read word by wordI hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.7
My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.7
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 60.13
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.48
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 108.13
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Read word by wordA song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Read word by wordIn vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Read word by wordwho speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Read word by wordwhose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
Read word by wordSet me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
Read word by wordKeep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Read word by wordBring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
Read word by wordWoe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
Read word by wordHis breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
Read word by wordNo one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Read word by word“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Read word by wordAnd you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
Read word by wordThe bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
Read word by wordYet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
Read word by wordGo up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
Read word by wordThe visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
Read word by wordFor there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
Read word by wordThey see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
Read word by wordHaven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by wordMy hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
Read word by wordtherefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Read word by wordIt will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.28
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.34
Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
Read word by wordThey speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Read word by wordIs there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.12
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.9
For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
Read word by wordYou have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
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