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Strong's H1892 הֶבֶל (hebel)

Hebel means “vanity” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1892 — epegeiro (“raise”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1892
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 64
Books 12

Strong's H1892 Quick Answer

Strong's H1892 הֶבֶל הֲבֵל (hebel) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. hebel (heh'bel) (or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}) n-m. 1. emptiness or vanity 2. (figuratively) something transitory and unsatisfactory It has 64 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include vanity. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
hebel (heh'bel) (or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}) n-m. 1. emptiness or vanity 2. (figuratively) something transitory and unsatisfactory
Usage
64 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
vanity

Meaning and Definition

hebel (heh'bel) (or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}) n-m. 1. emptiness or vanity 2. (figuratively) something transitory and unsatisfactory 3. often used as an adverb [from H1891] KJV: X altogether, vain, vanity. Root(s): H1891

Original Word
הֶבֶל הֲבֵל
Transliteration
hebel
Derivation
Root: הבל First root strongs: 1891
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1892. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H1892 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hebel, 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.

vanity 2 Kings 17:15 44×

How Strong's H1892 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 64 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1892 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1892 in the Old Testament

64 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 32:21 KJV

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

1 Kings 16:13 KJV

For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

1 Kings 16:26 KJV

For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Usage Excerpts

First 64 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1892.

Deuteronomy 32:21 Old Testament, KJV
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
1 Kings 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
1 Kings 16:26 Old Testament, KJV
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
2 Kings 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Job 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job 9:29 Old Testament, KJV
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Job 21:34 Old Testament, KJV
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
Job 27:12 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Job 35:16 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Psalms 31:6 Old Testament, KJV
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Psalms 39:5 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 39:6 Old Testament, KJV
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 39:11 Old Testament, KJV
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 62:9 Old Testament, KJV
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalms 78:33 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Psalms 94:11 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Psalms 144:4 Old Testament, KJV
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Proverbs 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 21:6 Old Testament, KJV
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs 31:30 Old Testament, KJV
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 2:23 Old Testament, KJV
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 Old Testament, KJV
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Ecclesiastes 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 Old Testament, KJV
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Ecclesiastes 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 11:8 Old Testament, KJV
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Isaiah 30:7 Old Testament, KJV
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
Isaiah 49:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Isaiah 57:13 Old Testament, KJV
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
Jeremiah 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
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?
Jeremiah 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Jeremiah 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Jeremiah 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Jeremiah 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Jeremiah 16:19 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Jeremiah 51:18 Old Testament, KJV
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Lamentations 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
Jonah 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Zechariah 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1892, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 30 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1892 FAQ

What does hebel (הֶבֶל) mean?

Hebel (Strong's H1892) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "vanity". hebel (heh'bel) (or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}) n-m. 1. emptiness or vanity 2. (figuratively) something transitory and unsatisfactory

How many times is hebel (הֶבֶל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 64 linked usages for Strong's H1892 across 12 books.

Where can I study hebel (הֶבֶל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1892 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate hebel (הֶבֶל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as vanity. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.