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HebrewH7723Noun (Masculine)

שָׁוְא

shav

38Occurrences
H7723Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
false 1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood 1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity 1b) emptiness of speech, lying 1c) worthlessness (of conduct) Also means: shav (*שָׁוְא *": vain" H7723H)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

שָׁוְא appears 38 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
8
Ezk
7
Jeremiah
5
Job
5
Isaiah
4
Deuteronomy
2
Exodus
2
Hosea
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 5:11BSB

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Ezk 13:8BSB

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Isaiah 5:18BSB

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceitand pull sin along with cart ropes,

Job 11:11BSB

Surely He knows the deceit of men.If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

Proverbs 30:8BSB

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.Give me neither poverty nor riches;feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.