Strong's Concordance
Original word: הָבַל
Transliteration: habal
Definition (short): foolishly
Definition (full): to act emptily, become vain
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: denominative verb from hebel
Definition: to act emptily, become vain
NASB Translation: act foolishly (1), became empty (1), became vain (1), leading you into futility (1), vainly hope (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray -- be (become, make) vain.
References
KJV:
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.
NASB:
They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.
KJV:
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
NASB:
"Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you act foolishly?
KJV:
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
NASB:
Do not trust in oppression And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
KJV:
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
NASB:
Thus says the LORD, "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty?
KJV:
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
NASB:
Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own imagination, Not from the mouth of the LORD.