Jonah 2:8Mapped KJV word: lying
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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H7723 · shâvᵉʼ · shawv · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV usage
false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
53mapped occurrences
48verses
6KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping
vain 22vanity 22false 5lying 2lies 1falsely 1
Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).
Mapped occurrences
Zechariah 10:2Mapped KJV word: false
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
Malachi 3:14Mapped KJV word: vain
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?