The meaning of “הֶבֶל”
Understanding hebel reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל hăbêl (habale'); from הָבַל [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity. - emptiness or vanity - figu...
הֶבֶל
or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל hăbêl (habale'); from הָבַל [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity. - emptiness or vanity - figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory - often used as an adverb n m 1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 32:21 | “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.” Word: הֶבֶל (hebel) | |
| 2 Kings 17:15 | “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.” Word: הֶבֶל (hebel) | |
| Psalms 62:9 | “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.” Word: הֶבֶל (hebel) | |
| Ecclesiastes 5:7 | “For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.” Word: הֶבֶל (hebel) | |
| Jeremiah 10:15 | “They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.” Word: הֶבֶל (hebel) |
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