H7723 שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ — evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective;…
KJV: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Derived from שׁוֹא shôwʼ (a tempest)
Occurs 53 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׁוְא n.[m.] emptiness, vanity
Where it occurs
- Exodus 20:7 — “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
- Exodus 23:1 — “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
- Deuteronomy 5:11 — “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
- Deuteronomy 5:20 — “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- Isaiah 1:13 — Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand…
- Isaiah 5:18 — Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
- Isaiah 30:28 — His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of…
- Isaiah 59:4 — No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief…
- Jeremiah 2:30 — “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a…
- Jeremiah 4:30 — You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself…