שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ(shawv)
“evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Translated in KJV as
false(-ly)lielyingvainvanity.
Etymology
or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating;
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