H7723 · שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ · shawv · vain
H7723 (shâvᵉʼ, pronounced shawv) is the Hebrew word שָׁוְא in Strong’s dictionary: evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile). It appears 53 times in 48 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׁוְא (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shâvᵉʼ
- Pronunciation
- shawv
- Derivation
- or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating;
- Definition
- evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
- Rendered in the KJV
- false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
53 occurrences in 48 verses (52 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “in vain” ×9
- “falsehood” ×4
- “false” ×3
- “false visions” ×3
- “In vain” ×2
- “a false” ×2
- “is worthless” ×2
- “It is futile” ×1
By book
Exodus 2 · Deuteronomy 2 · Job 5 · Psalms 14 · Proverbs 1 · Isaiah 4 · Jeremiah 5 · Lamentations 1 · Ezekiel 9 · Hosea 2 · Jonah 1 · Zechariah 1 · Malachi 1
First 30 of 48 verses
- Exodus 20:7
- Exodus 23:1
- Deuteronomy 5:11
- Deuteronomy 5:20
- Job 7:3
- Job 11:11
- Job 15:31
- Job 31:5
- Job 35:13
- Psalms 12:2
- Psalms 24:4
- Psalms 26:4
- Psalms 31:6
- Psalms 41:6
- Psalms 60:11
- Psalms 89:47
- Psalms 108:12
- Psalms 119:37
- Psalms 127:1
- Psalms 127:2
- Psalms 139:20
- Psalms 144:8
- Psalms 144:11
- Proverbs 30:8
- Isaiah 1:13
- Isaiah 5:18
- Isaiah 30:28
- Isaiah 59:4
- Jeremiah 2:30
- Jeremiah 4:30
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7723.