Original Language Studio
Ecclesiastes 12:8
“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
הֶבֶלhebel · heh'bel
H1892 · Hebrew
H1892 · Hebrew
- Definition
- emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
- Derivation
- or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל; from H1891 (הָבַל);
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
- Grammar
- הֲבֵ֧ל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 73 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 32:211 Kings 16:131 Kings 16:262 Kings 17:15Job 7:16
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read הֶבֶל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.