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H1891Hebrew

הָבַל

Definition and meaning

habal (haw-bal') v. 1. to be vain in act, word, or expectation 2. specifically to lead astray [a primitive root] KJV: be (become, make) vain.

Tagged KJV passages

5 matching verses - 5.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

2 Kings 17:15

And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Matched English: vainJob 27:12

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

Matched English: vainPsalms 62:10

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Matched English: vainJeremiah 2:5

Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Matched English: vainJeremiah 23:16

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

Matched English: vain