Strong's Hebrew · H1892
הֶבֶל
hebel · heh'bel
[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
Definition
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Derivation
or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from H1891 (הָבַל);
Appears 73 times in Scripture
“They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.”
““Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!””
“When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.”
“This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.”
“Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?”
“There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).