הָבַל
ha.val
1. to act emptily, become vain, be vain
a. (Qal)
1. to become vain
2. to be utterly vain (with cognate acc)
b. (Hiphil)
1. to cause to become vain
2. to fill with vain hopes
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 5 verses
- 2 Kings 17:15 וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
- Job 27:12 תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃
Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?
- Psalms 62:10 תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּ
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Jeremiah 2:5 וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
- Jeremiah 23:16 מַהְבִּלִ֥ים
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
