שָׁוְא
shav
1. emptiness, vanity, falsehood
a. emptiness, nothingness, vanity
b. emptiness of speech, lying
c. worthlessness (of conduct)
Also means: shav (שָׁוְא ": vain" H7723H)
1. emptiness, vanity, falsehood
a. emptiness, nothingness, vanity
b. emptiness of speech, lying
c. worthlessness (of conduct)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 48 verses
- Exodus 20:7 לַשָּׁ֑וְאלַשָּֽׁוְא׃פ
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.
- Exodus 23:1 שָׁ֑וְא
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 5:11 לַשָּׁ֑וְאלַשָּֽׁוְא׃ס
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.
- Deuteronomy 5:20 שָֽׁוְא׃ס
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Job 7:3 שָׁ֑וְא
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
- Job 11:11 שָׁ֑וְא
Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
- Job 15:31 בַּשּׁוֹשָׁ֝֗וְא
Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
- Job 31:5 שָׁ֑וְא
If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
- Job 35:13 שָׁ֭וְא
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
- Psalms 12:2 שָׁ֤וְא׀
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Psalms 24:4 לַשָּׁ֣וְא
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
- Psalms 26:4 שָׁ֑וְא
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- Psalms 31:6 שָׁ֑וְא
I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
- Psalms 41:6 שָׁ֤וְא
My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
- Psalms 60:11 וְ֝שָׁ֗וְא
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Psalms 89:47 שָּׁ֝֗וְא
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
- Psalms 108:12 וְ֝שָׁ֗וְא
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Psalms 119:37 שָׁ֑וְא
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- Psalms 127:1 שָׁ֤וְא׀שָׁ֤וְא׀
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Psalms 127:2 שָׁ֤וְא
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- Psalms 139:20 לַשָּׁ֣וְא
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
- Psalms 144:8 שָׁ֑וְא
whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Psalms 144:11 שָׁ֑וְא
Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
- Proverbs 30:8 שָׁ֤וְא׀
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Isaiah 1:13 שָׁ֔וְא
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
- Isaiah 5:18 הַשָּׁ֑וְא
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
- Isaiah 30:28 שָׁ֑וְא
His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
- Isaiah 59:4 שָׁ֔וְא
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
- Jeremiah 2:30 לַשָּׁוְא֙
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Jeremiah 4:30 לַשָּׁ֖וְא
And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
- Jeremiah 6:29 לַשָּׁוְא֙
The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
- Jeremiah 18:15 לַשָּׁ֣וְא
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
- Jeremiah 46:11 לַשָּׁוְא֙
Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
- Lamentations 2:14 שָׁ֣וְאשָׁ֖וְא
The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
- Ezekiel 12:24 שָׁ֖וְא
For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
- Ezekiel 13:6 שָׁוְא֙
They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Ezekiel 13:7 שָׁוְא֙
Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
- Ezekiel 13:8 שָׁ֔וְא
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 13:9 שָׁוְא֮
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 13:23 שָׁ֚וְא
therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
- Ezekiel 21:23 שָׁוְא֙
It will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.
- Ezekiel 21:29 שָׁ֔וְא
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
- Ezekiel 22:28 שָׁ֔וְא
Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
- Hosea 10:4 שָׁ֖וְא
They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
- Hosea 12:11 שָׁ֣וְא
Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- Jonah 2:8 שָׁ֑וְא
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
- Zechariah 10:2 הַשָּׁ֣וא
For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
- Malachi 3:14 שָׁ֖וְא
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?