Hebrew word study

שָׁוְאshâvᵉʼ — evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (espec…

Pronounced “shawv”

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)

Translated in the King James as: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

Appears 53 times in Scripture

Origin: or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating;

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Where it appears

Exodus — 3×

Exodus 20:7 Exodus 23:1+ 1 more in Exodus

Deuteronomy — 3×

Deuteronomy 5:11 Deuteronomy 5:20+ 1 more in Deuteronomy

Job — 6×

Job 7:3 Job 11:11 Job 15:31 Job 31:5 Job 35:13+ 1 more in Job

Psalms — 15×

Psalms 12:2 Psalms 24:4 Psalms 26:4 Psalms 31:6 Psalms 41:6 Psalms 60:11 Psalms 89:47 Psalms 108:12 Psalms 119:37 Psalms 127:1 Psalms 127:2 Psalms 139:20 Psalms 144:8 Psalms 144:11+ 1 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 1×

Proverbs 30:8

Isaiah — 4×

Isaiah 1:13 Isaiah 5:18 Isaiah 30:28 Isaiah 59:4

Jeremiah — 5×

Jeremiah 2:30 Jeremiah 4:30 Jeremiah 6:29 Jeremiah 18:15 Jeremiah 46:11

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 2:14+ 1 more in Lamentations

Ezekiel — 9×

Ezekiel 12:24 Ezekiel 13:6 Ezekiel 13:7 Ezekiel 13:8 Ezekiel 13:9 Ezekiel 13:23 Ezekiel 21:23 Ezekiel 21:29 Ezekiel 22:28

Hosea — 2×

Hosea 10:4 Hosea 12:11

Jonah — 1×

Jonah 2:8

Zechariah — 1×

Zech 10:2

Malachi — 1×

Malachi 3:14

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