Lexicon habal: to act emptily, become vain Original Word: הָבַלPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: habal Phonetic Spelling: (haw-bal') Short Definition: foolishly NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from hebelDefinitionto act emptily, become vain NASB Translationact foolishly (1), became empty (1), became vain (1), leading you into futility (1), vainly hope (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs הָבַל verb denominative act emptily, become vain — Qal Jeremiah 2:5 = 2 Kings 17:15 they went after vanity וַיֶּהְבָּ֑לוּ and became vain, Psalm 62:11 וּבְגָזֵל אַלתֶּֿהְבָּ֑לוּ do not become vain (i.e. be demoralized) by robbery; with cognate accusative Job 27:12 לָמָּה זֶה הֶבֶל תֶּהְבָּ֑לוּ why do ye become vain with vanity (i.e. shew yourselves utterly vain) ? Hiph`il cause to become vain Jeremiah 23:16 (of false prophets) מַהְבִּלִים הֵמָּה אֶתְכֶם i.e. fill you with vain hopes.
Strong's be become, make vain A primitive root; to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray -- be (become, make) vain. |
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