To become vain
הָבַלStrong’s H1891haval (ha-val)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Haval is the Hebrew word usually translated “became vain”, “do you act in vain” and “put vain hope”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To act emptily, become vain, be vain(Qal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- and they became vain 2
- do you act in vain 1
- you put vain hope 1
- deluding 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- 2 Kings 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 27:12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
- Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
- Jeremiah 2:5Thus 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?
- Jeremiah 23:16Thus 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.
Hebrew dictionary
הָבַל haval · to become vain
1) to act emptily, become vain, be vain 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become vain 1a2) to be utterly vain (with cognate acc) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to become vain 1b2) to fill with vain hopes
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.