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H1892הֶ֫בֶלhe.vel

vanityPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 5
  19. 9
  20. 3
  21. 38
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 8
  25. 1
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

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73 occurrences in 64 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:17

    So I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

    הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  2. Ecclesiastes 2:19

    And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

  3. Ecclesiastes 2:21

    For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  4. Ecclesiastes 2:23

    For all his days are pains, and his occupation vexation; yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. This also is vanity.

    הֶ֥בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  5. Ecclesiastes 2:26

    For to the man that is good in His sight He giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner He giveth the task, to gather and to heap up, that he may leave to him that is good in the sight of God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  6. Ecclesiastes 3:19

    For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.

    הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

  7. Ecclesiastes 4:4

    Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  8. Ecclesiastes 4:7

    Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

    הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “futility”

  9. Ecclesiastes 4:8

    There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches: 'for whom then do I labour, and bereave my soul of pleasure?' This also is vanity

    הֶ֛בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  10. Ecclesiastes 4:16

    There was no end of all the people, even of all them whom he did lead; yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  11. Ecclesiastes 5:6

    For through the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but fear thou God.

    וַהֲבָלִ֔ים (הֲבָלִ֔ים) ha.va.Lim “futilities”

  12. Ecclesiastes 5:9

    He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase; this also is vanity.

    הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

  13. Ecclesiastes 6:2

    a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

    הֶ֛בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  14. Ecclesiastes 6:4

    for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

    בַהֶ֥בֶל (הֶ֥בֶל) He.vel “futility”

  15. Ecclesiastes 6:9

    Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    הֶ֖בֶל He.vel “[is] futility”

  16. Ecclesiastes 6:11

    Seeing there are many words that increase vanity, what is man the better?

    הָ֑בֶל Ha.vel “futility”

  17. Ecclesiastes 6:12

    For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

    הֶבְל֖וֹ (הֶבְל֖) hev.L “futility”

  18. Ecclesiastes 7:6

    For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.

    הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

  19. Ecclesiastes 7:15

    All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.

    הֶבְלִ֑י (הֶבְלִ֑) hev.L “futility”

  20. Ecclesiastes 8:10

    And so I saw the wicked buried, and they entered into their rest; but they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city; this also is vanity.

    הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

  21. Ecclesiastes 8:14

    There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: that there are righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous--I said that this also is v

    הֶבֶל֮ he.Vel “[is] futility”הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

  22. Ecclesiastes 9:9

    Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which He hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

    הֶבְלֶ֔ךָ (הֶבְלֶ֔) hev.Le. “futility”הֶבְלֶ֑ךָ (הֶבְלֶ֑) hev.Le. “futility”

  23. Ecclesiastes 11:8

    For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. all that cometh is vanity.

    הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”

  24. Ecclesiastes 11:10

    Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity.

    הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[are] futility”

  25. Ecclesiastes 12:8

    Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; all is vanity.

    הֲבֵ֧ל ha.Vel “futility of”הֲבָלִ֛ים ha.va.Lim “futilities”הָֽבֶל׃ Ha.vel “[is] futility”