2 occurrences
'Vain' in the Bible
"Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of Armies, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Conceited (15 instances)
- Empty (146 instances)
- Flushed (2 instances)
- Forward (296 instances)
- Fruitless (19 instances)
- Futile (53 instances)
- Inflated (9 instances)
- Self-Conceited (1 instance)
- Swollen (9 instances)
- Vain (153 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
און
'aven
'aven
iniquity , wicked , vanity , affliction , hief , unrighteous , evil , false , idol , mourners , mourning , nought , sorrow , unjust , vain
Usage: 79
חנּם
Chinnam
Chinnam
without cause , for nought , causeless , in vain , free , without cost , freely , innocent , cost me nothing , for nothing , without wages
Usage: 32
רוּח
Ruwach
Ruwach
Usage: 378
שׂפת שׂפה
Saphah
Saphah
Usage: 176
שׁקר
Sheqer
Sheqer
Usage: 113
תּהוּ
Tohuw
Tohuw
Usage: 20