Occurrences
Hâbal occurs 5 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (2)
- 2 Kings 17:15 — 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 (וַיֶּהְבָּ֔לוּ), and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
- Job 27:12 — Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain (תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ)?
- Psalms 62:10 — Trust not in oppression, and become not vain (תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּ) in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
- Jeremiah 2:5 — 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 (וַיֶּהְבָּֽלוּ)?
- Jeremiah 23:16 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain (מַהְבִּלִ֥ים): they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.