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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H7723 - Lies

Strong's No.:H7723

Hebrew:שָׁוְא

Transliteration:shâvᵉʼ

Phonetic:shawv

Word Origin:From the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating

Bible Usage:false ({-ly}) {lie} {lying} {vain} vanity.

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

evil (as {destructive }) literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as {false} subjectively): uselessness (as {deceptive} objectively; also adverbially in vain)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. emptiness, vanity, falsehood

a. emptiness, nothingness, vanity

b. emptiness of speech, lying

c. worthlessness (of conduct)


Bible References:
Lies

Translation
Occurrences:
false ( 5 )
falsely ( 1 )
lies ( 1 )
lying ( 2 )
vain ( 22 )
vanity ( 22 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.