Strongs Number: H7723
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁוְא
- Transliteration
- shâvᵉʼ
- Phonetic
- shawv
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
evil (as {destructive }) literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as {false} subjectively): uselessness (as {deceptive} objectively; also adverbially in vain)
- BDB Definition
-
1. emptiness, vanity, falsehood
a. emptiness, nothingness, vanity
b. emptiness of speech, lying
c. worthlessness (of conduct)
- Origin
- From the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating
- Bible Usage
- false ({-ly}) {lie} {lying} {vain} vanity.