H7723 — שָׁוְא (shâvᵉʼ)

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Strong's H7723 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שָׁוְא (shâvᵉʼ)

Pronunciation: shawv

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: or שַׁו (shav); from the same as שׁוֹא (shôwʼ) [H7722] in the sense of desolating;

Definition: evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)

KJV Renderings: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

Senses

  1. emptiness, vanity, falsehood
    1. emptiness, nothingness, vanity
    2. emptiness of speech, lying
    3. worthlessness (of conduct)

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G459 ἄνομος ánomos from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3551 lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked
G824 ἄτοπος átopos from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5117 out of place, i.e. (figuratively) improper, injurious, wicked amiss, harm, unreasonable
G2756 κενός kenós apparently a primary word empty (literally or figuratively) empty, (in) vain
G3152 μάταιος mátaios from the base of G3155 empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol vain, vanity
G3153 ματαιότης mataiótēs from G3152 inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity vanity
G3154 ματαιόω mataióō from G3152 to render (passively, become) foolish, i.e. (morally) wicked or (specially), idolatrous become vain
G5571 ψευδής pseudḗs from G5574 untrue, i.e. erroneous, deceitful, wicked false, liar
H7722 שׁוֹא shôwʼ or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה (shôwʼâh); or שֹׁאָה (shôʼâh); from an unused root meaning to rush over a tempest; by implication, devastation desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.