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Strong's H7723 שָׁוְא (shave)

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

Strong's Number H7723
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 48
Books 13

Strong's H7723 Quick Answer

Strong's H7723 שָׁוא שַׁו (shav') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shav' (shawv) (or shav {shav}) n-m. 1. evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile) 2. figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective It has 48 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include false. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shav' (shawv) (or shav {shav}) n-m. 1. evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile) 2. figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective
Usage
48 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
false

Meaning and Definition

shav' (shawv) (or shav {shav}) n-m. 1. evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile) 2. figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective 3. also adverbially, in vain) [from the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating] KJV: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity. Root(s): H7722

Original Word
שָׁוא שַׁו
Transliteration
shav'
Derivation
First root strongs: 7722
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7723. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

vanity: false

Usage: : false 1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood 1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity 1b) emptiness of speech, lying 1c) worthlessness (of conduct) Also means: shav (שָׁוְא ": vain" H7723H)

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How Strong's H7723 Is Translated

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

false Exodus 23:1

How Strong's H7723 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 48 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7723 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 H7723 in the Old Testament

48 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 20:7 KJV

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Exodus 23:1 KJV

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Deuteronomy 5:11 KJV

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Usage Excerpts

First 48 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7723.

Exodus 20:7 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Deuteronomy 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Deuteronomy 5:20 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Job 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 15:31 Old Testament, KJV
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 31:5 Old Testament, KJV
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Job 35:13 Old Testament, KJV
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Psalms 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 26:4 Old Testament, KJV
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Psalms 31:6 Old Testament, KJV
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Psalms 41:6 Old Testament, KJV
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalms 60:11 Old Testament, KJV
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 89:47 Old Testament, KJV
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms 108:12 Old Testament, KJV
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 119:37 Old Testament, KJV
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Psalms 127:1 Old Testament, KJV
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Psalms 127:2 Old Testament, KJV
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Psalms 139:20 Old Testament, KJV
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Psalms 144:8 Old Testament, KJV
Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Psalms 144:11 Old Testament, KJV
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Proverbs 30:8 Old Testament, KJV
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Isaiah 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isaiah 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Isaiah 30:28 Old Testament, KJV
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Isaiah 59:4 Old Testament, KJV
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jeremiah 2:30 Old Testament, KJV
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 4:30 Old Testament, KJV
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Jeremiah 6:29 Old Testament, KJV
The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah 18:15 Old Testament, KJV
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Jeremiah 46:11 Old Testament, KJV
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
Lamentations 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
Ezekiel 12:24 Old Testament, KJV
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
Ezekiel 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
Ezekiel 13:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 13:9 Old Testament, KJV
And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 21:23 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
Ezekiel 21:29 Old Testament, KJV
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
Ezekiel 22:28 Old Testament, KJV
And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
Hosea 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Hosea 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
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.
Malachi 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7723, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 14 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7723 FAQ

What does shave (שָׁוְא) mean?

Shave (Strong's H7723) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "vain". shav' (shawv) (or shav {shav}) n-m. 1. evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile) 2. figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective

How many times is shave (שָׁוְא) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 48 linked usages for Strong's H7723 across 13 books.

Where can I study shave (שָׁוְא) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7723 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shave (שָׁוְא)?

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