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Hebrew word study

הֶבֶלhebel — emptiness or vanity

Pronounced “heh'bel”

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

Translated in the King James as: altogether, vain, vanity.

Appears 73 times in Scripture

Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from H1891 (הָבַל);

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Where it appears

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 32:21

1 Kings — 2×

1 Ki 16:13 1 Ki 16:26

2 Kings — 1×

Job — 5×

Job 7:16 Job 9:29 Job 21:34 Job 27:12 Job 35:16

Psalms — 9×

Psalms 31:6 Psalms 39:5 Psalms 39:6 Psalms 39:11 Psalms 62:9 Psalms 78:33 Psalms 94:11 Psalms 144:4+ 1 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 3×

Proverbs 13:11 Proverbs 21:6 Proverbs 31:30

Ecclesiastes — 38×

Eccles 1:2 Eccles 1:14 Eccles 2:1 Eccles 2:11 Eccles 2:15 Eccles 2:17 Eccles 2:19 Eccles 2:21 Eccles 2:23 Eccles 2:26 Eccles 3:19 Eccles 4:4 Eccles 4:7 Eccles 4:8 Eccles 4:16 Eccles 5:7 Eccles 5:10 Eccles 6:2 Eccles 6:4 Eccles 6:9 Eccles 6:11 Eccles 6:12 Eccles 7:6 Eccles 7:15 Eccles 8:10+ 13 more in Ecclesiastes

Isaiah — 3×

Isaiah 30:7 Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 57:13

Jeremiah — 8×

Jeremiah 2:5 Jeremiah 8:19 Jeremiah 10:3 Jeremiah 10:8 Jeremiah 10:15 Jeremiah 14:22 Jeremiah 16:19 Jeremiah 51:18

Lamentations — 1×

Jonah — 1×

Zechariah — 1×

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.