Hebrew Strong's Lexicon

H7723

Lemma: שָׁוְא

Transliteration: shawv

Definition: or shav; from the same as שׁוֹאָה in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)

KJV Definition: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity

Verse usage

Ezikiel 21:29 NASB
while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you-- to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end.
Ezikiel 22:28 NASB
"Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken.
Hoseas 10:4 NASB
They speak [mere] words, With worthless oaths they make covenants; And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Hoseas 12:11 NASB
Is there iniquity [in] Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field.
Yonas 2:8 NASB
"Those who regard vain idols Forsake their faithfulness,
Zakarias 10:2 NASB
For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore [the people] wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
Malakias 3:14 NASB
"You have said, 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts?