3 occurrences in 12 translations
'Vain' in the Bible
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Then David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire, but he tried in vain to walk [around], for he was not trained to use [them]. So David said to Saul, "I am not able to walk with these, because I am not trained to use [them]." So David removed them.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
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)
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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