Exodus 5:9
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
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Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Read in context →Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Read in context →15 occurrences in 13 verses.
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shâvᵉʼ · shawv
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Strong's KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Strong's first: Exodus 20:7Strong's last: Malachi 3:14
Open full H7723 profile →kenós · ken-os'
empty (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--empty, (in) vain.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 15:10Strong's last: James 2:20
Open full G2756 profile →hebel · heh'bel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Strong's KJV usage: × altogether, vain, vanity.
Strong's first: Job 9:29Strong's last: Zechariah 10:2
Open full H1892 profile →rîyq · reek
emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
Strong's KJV usage: empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
Strong's first: Leviticus 26:16Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:58
Open full H7385 profile →rêyq · rake
empty; figuratively, worthless
Strong's KJV usage: emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:47Strong's last: Proverbs 28:19
Open full H7386 profile →eikē · i-kay'
idly, i.e. without reason (or effect)
Strong's KJV usage: :--without a cause, (in) vain(-ly).
Strong's first: Romans 13:4Strong's last: Galatians 4:11
Open full G1500 profile →mátaios · mat'-ah-yos
empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol
Strong's KJV usage: :--vain, vanity.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 3:20Strong's last: 1 Peter 1:18
Open full G3152 profile →hâbal · haw-bal'
to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray
Strong's KJV usage: be (become, make) vain.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 17:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:16
Open full H1891 profile →sheqer · sheh'-ker
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
Strong's KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Strong's first: Exodus 5:9Strong's last: Jeremiah 8:8
Open full H8267 profile →tôhûw · to'-hoo
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
Strong's KJV usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 12:21Strong's last: Isaiah 45:19
Open full H8414 profile →mátēn · mat'-ane
folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose
Strong's KJV usage: :--in vain.
Strong's first: Matthew 15:9Strong's last: Mark 7:7
Open full G3155 profile →chinnâm · khin-nawm'
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
Strong's KJV usage: without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
Strong's first: Proverbs 1:17Strong's last: Ezekiel 6:10
Open full H2600 profile →rûwach · roo'-akh
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
Strong's KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
Strong's first: Job 15:2Strong's last: Job 16:3
Open full H7307 profile →sâphâh · saw-faw'
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 18:20Strong's last: Isaiah 36:5
Open full H8193 profile →battologéō · bat-tol-og-eh'-o
to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously
Strong's KJV usage: :--use vain repetitions.
Strong's first: Matthew 6:7Strong's last: Matthew 6:7
Open full G945 profile →dōreán · do-reh-an'
gratuitously (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--without a cause, freely, for naught, in vain.
Strong's first: Galatians 2:21Strong's last: Galatians 2:21
Open full G1432 profile →kenóō · ken-o'-o
to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify
Strong's KJV usage: :--make (of none effect, of no reputation, void), be in vain.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 9:3Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 9:3
Open full G2758 profile →kenōs · ken-oce'
vainly, i.e. to no purpose
Strong's KJV usage: :--in vain.
Strong's first: James 4:5Strong's last: James 4:5
Open full G2761 profile →mataióō · mat-ah-yo'-o
to render (passively, become) foolish, i.e. (morally) wicked or (specially), idolatrous
Strong's KJV usage: :--become vain.
Strong's first: Romans 1:21Strong's last: Romans 1:21
Open full G3154 profile →ʼâven · aw-ven'
strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
Strong's KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 4:14Strong's last: Jeremiah 4:14
Open full H205 profile →kâzab · kaw-zab'
to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.
Strong's first: Job 41:9Strong's last: Job 41:9
Open full H3576 profile →nâbab · naw-bab'
to pierce; to be hollow, or (figuratively) foolish
Strong's KJV usage: hollow, vain.
Strong's first: Job 11:12Strong's last: Job 11:12
Open full H5014 profile →rêyqâm · ray-kawm'
emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
Strong's KJV usage: without cause, empty, in vain, void.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 50:9Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:9
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And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
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VAIN, adjective [Latin vanus; Eng. wan, wane, want.]
1. Empty; worthless; having no substance, value or importance. 1 Peter 1:18.
To your vain answer will you have recourse.
Every man walketh in a vain show. Psalms 39:6.
Why do the people imagine a vain thing? Psalms 2:1.
2. Fruitless; ineffectual. All attempts, all efforts were vain
VAIN is the force of man.
3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; elated with a high opinion of one's own accomplishments, or with things more showy than valuable; conceited.
The minstrels play'd on every side, vain of their art -
4. Empty; unreal; as a vain chimers.
5. Showy; ostentatious.
Load some vain church with old theatric state.
6. Light; inconstant; worthless. Proverbs 12:11.
7. Empty; unsatisfying. The pleasures of life are vain
8. False; deceitful; not genuine; spurious. James 1:26.
9. Not effectual; having no efficacy
Bring no more vain oblations. Isaiah 1:13.
In vain to no purpose; without effect; ineffectual.
In vain they do worship me. Matthew 15:9.
To take the name of God in vain to use the name of God with levity or profaneness.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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