Lexical Definition
שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ (shawv) vanity: false H:N-M
or שַׁו shav (shav); from the same as שׁוֹא in the sense of desolating
false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
- evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile)
- figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective
- also adverbially, in vain)
1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood
1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity
1b) emptiness of speech, lying
1c) worthlessness (of conduct)
See Greek: ἄνομος · ἄτοπος · κενός · μάταιος · ματαιότης · ματαιόω · ματαιόω · ψευδής
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| שָׁ֭וְא | emptiness | Job.35.13 |
| שָׁ֤וְא | vanity | Ps.127.1 • Ps.127.1 • Ps.127.2 |
| שָׁ֣וְא | worthlessness | Hos.12.11 |
| שָׁ֝֗וְא | worthlessness | Job.15.31 |
| שָׁ֖וְא | futility | Mal.3.14 |
| שָׁ֔וְא | worthlessness | Isa.1.13 |
| שָׁ֑וְא | falsehood | Ps.31.6 |
| nothingness | Jonah.2.8 | |
| worthlessness | Job.7.3 • Ps.119.37 • Isa.30.28 | |
| שָּׁ֝֗וְא | emptiness | Ps.89.47 |
| לַשָּׁוְא֙ | for vanity | Jer.2.30 • Jer.6.29 • Jer.46.11 |
| לַשָּׁ֣וְא | to falsehood | Ps.139.20 • Jer.18.15 |
| לַשָּׁ֖וְא | for vanity | Jer.4.30 |
| לַשָּׁ֑וְא | for emptiness | Exod.20.7 • Deut.5.11 |
| לַשָּֽׁוְא | for emptiness | Exod.20.7 • Deut.5.11 |
| וְ֝שָׁ֗וְא | and worthlessness | Ps.60.11 • Ps.108.12 |
| בַּשָּׁ֣יו | in worthlessness | Job.15.31 |
Extended Information
meaning of: שָׁוְא
- : vain/empty/worthless
Brown-Driver-Briggs
שָׁוְא noun [masculine] emptiness, vanity; — ׳שׁ absolute Exod 23:1 + 51 t., שָׁו Job 15:31 (Kt); —
1. emptiness, nothingness, vanity: תְּשׁוּעַת אָרָם ׳שׁ Ps 60:13* vain (is) man's deliverance, = Ps 108:13* לָכֶם ׳שׁ Ps 127:2 it is vain (useless) for you; Ps 89:48* for (עַל) what nothingness hast thou created man ? compare ׳יַרְחֵי שׁ Job 7:3 ׳הַבְלֵי שׁ Ps 31:7* (idols) = Jonah 2:9*, compare Jer 18:15 + Hos 5:11 ᵐ5 (for צָו); ׳מִנְחַת שׁ Isa 1:13 of ineffective offering to ׳י; ׳נשׂא לַשּׁ (לֹא) Exod 20:7 (twice in verse) take up name of God in vain (to no good purpose) = Deut 5:11 (twice in verse), compare Ps 24:4; Ps 139:20 [ᵑ0](/btb/not_created.html) lifted up in vain are thy foes, but read שְׁמֶ֑ךָ for עָרֶיךָ, compare נשׂא 1 b (7); al. עָלֶיךָ, see II. עָר]; ׳היה שׁ Hos 12:12* become nothing (We ׳עשׂה שׁ, and so 3); ׳ראה שׁ Ps 119:37 adverb ׳לַשּׁ in vain Jer 2:30; Jer 4:30; Jer 6:29; Jer 46:11 ׳שׁ Ps 127:1 (twice in verse); Mal 3:14.
2. emptiness of speech, || lying, ׳שׁ וּדְבַר כָּזָב Prov 30:8 ׳דבּר שׁ Ps 12:3*; Ps 41:7*; Ps 144:8; Ps 144:11; Isa 59:4; Ezek 13:8 ׳אָלוֺת שׁ Hos 10:4 + Hos 12:2* ᵐ5 We and others (for שֹׁד); ׳הָלַךְ עִםשֿׁ Job 31:5 (|| מִרְמָה); ׳עֵד שׁ Deut 5:17 (= עֵד שָֽׁקֶר Exod 20:16); compare ׳שֵׁמַע שׁ Exod 23:1 (E); of false (empty) prophecy ׳חֲזוֺן שׁ Ezek 12:24, ׳חָזוּ שׁ Lam 2:14 see also Ezek 13:6; Ezek 13:7; Ezek 13:9; Ezek 13:23; Ezek 21:34*; Ezek 22:28; Job 35:13 (or empty complaining, below 1); ׳קסם שׁ Ezek 21:28* חֲלֹמוֺת ׳הַשּׁ Zech 10:2.
3. of conduct, worthlessness (Buhl below 1, 2); ׳מְרתי שׁ worthless men Ps 26:4; Job 11:11 worthless motives (in figurative) ׳חַבְלֵי הַשּׁ Isa 5:18 ׳נָפַת שׁ Isa 30:28 (i.e. sifting out the worthless; al. sieve of (bringing) disappointment); play on meanings in Job 15:31 (twice in verse), compare DrJob, Psalt. 464.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Exodus | 20:7 · 20:16 · 23:1 |
| Deuteronomy | 5:11 · 5:17 |
| Job | 7:3 · 11:11 · 15:31 · 31:5 · 35:13 |
| Psalms | 12:3* · 24:4 · 26:4 · 31:7* · 41:7* · 60:13* · 89:48* · 108:13* · 119:37 · 127:1 · 127:2 · 139:20 · 144:8 · 144:11 |
| Proverbs | 30:8 |
| Isaiah | 1:13 · 5:18 · 30:28 · 59:4 |
| Jeremiah | 2:30 · 4:30 · 6:29 · 18:15 · 46:11 |
| Lamentations | 2:14 |
| Ezekiel | 12:24 · 13:6 · 13:7 · 13:8 · 13:9 · 13:23 · 21:28* · 21:34* · 22:28 |
| Hosea | 5:11 · 10:4 · 12:2* · 12:12* |
| Jonah | 2:9* |
| Zechariah | 10:2 |
| Malachi | 3:14 |