BDB8364
שָׁאוֺן noun masculine Hos 10:14 roar (of waters, etc.), din, crash, uproar; — absolute ׳ שׁ Hos 10:14 +; construct שְׁאוֺן Isa 13:4 +; suffix שְׁאוֺנָהּ Isa 5:14 —
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7723 |
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| Word: | שָׁוא שַׁו |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 54 |
| Transliteration: | shav |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shawv (or shav {shav}) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile) 2. figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective 3. also adverbially, in vain) |
| KJV Renderings: | false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity. |
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שָׁאוֺן noun masculine Hos 10:14 roar (of waters, etc.), din, crash, uproar; — absolute ׳ שׁ Hos 10:14 +; construct שְׁאוֺן Isa 13:4 +; suffix שְׁאוֺנָהּ Isa 5:14 —
שָׁוְא noun [masculine] emptiness, vanity; — ׳ שׁ absolute Exod 23:1 + 51 t., שָׁו Job 15:31 ( Kt ); —
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
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