Quick Definition
vanity: false
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)
Derivation: or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating;
KJV Usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
TWOT Reference: 2338a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood
1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity
1b) emptiness of speech, lying
1c) worthlessness (of conduct)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
: false
1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood
1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity
1b) emptiness of speech, lying
1c) worthlessness (of conduct)
Also means: shav (שָׁוְא ": vain" H7723H)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁו / שָׁוְא
shâv / shav
BDB Definition:
1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood
1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity
1b) emptiness of speech, lying
1c) worthlessness (of conduct)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2338a
Total KJV Occurrences: 53