Vain

shâvᵉʼ · shawv

n-m

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

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

hebel · heh'bel

n-m

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

rîyq · reek

n-m

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

rêyq · rake

a

empty; figuratively, worthless

Strong's KJV usage: emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:47Strong's last: Proverbs 28:19

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

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

hâbal · haw-bal'

v

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

sheqer · sheh'-ker

n-m

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

tôhûw · to'-hoo

n-m

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

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

chinnâm · khin-nawm'

adv

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

rûwach · roo'-akh

n-f

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

sâphâh · saw-faw'

n-f

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

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

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

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

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

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

ʼâven · aw-ven'

n-m

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

kâzab · kaw-zab'

v

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

nâbab · naw-bab'

v

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

rêyqâm · ray-kawm'

adv

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