habal - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1891 — epaphroditos (“Epaphroditus”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1891 הָבַל (habal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. habal (haw-bal') v. 1. to be vain in act, word, or expectation 2. specifically to lead astray It has 5 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include vain. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
habal (haw-bal') v. 1. to be vain in act, word, or expectation 2. specifically to lead astray [a primitive root] KJV: be (become, make) vain.
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to become vain
Usage: 1) to act emptily, become vain, be vain 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become vain 1a2) to be utterly vain (with cognate acc) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to become vain 1b2) to fill with vain hopes
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render habal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1891.
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1891, grouped by book.
Strong's H1891 is a Hebrew entry for H1891 הָבַל (habal). habal (haw-bal') v. 1. to be vain in act, word, or expectation 2. specifically to lead astray
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H1891 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1891 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as vain. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.