Hebel — H1892

H1892 · Hebrew — הבל

Pronunciation: heh'bel

Other spellings: hăbêl הֲבֵל

Definition

masculine noun

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

  1. n m
  2. vapour, breath
    1. breath, vapour
    2. vanity (fig.)
  3. adv
  4. vainly

Usually translated as

vanity, vain, altogether

Origin

or (rarely in the abs.) hăbêl; from H1891

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Hebel occurs 73 times in 64 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), Job (5), Psalms (8), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (30), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (8), Lamentations (1), Jonah (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — H