Strong's Lexicon: H7723 שָׁוא שַׁו

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7723
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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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 —

1. roar of water (waves), Isa 17:12 (|| הָמָה), simile of noise of invading host, so v Isa 17:13, but strike out Du Che^Hpt Marti, as doublet; roar of this host Isa 17:12 (|| הָמוֺן), compare שְׁאוֺן קוֺלָם Jer 51:55 of waves also Ps 65:8 (twice in verse); of din, or crash of battle Amos 2:2; Hos 10:14; Ps 74:23 ׳ בְּנֵי שׁ Jer 48:45 (i. e. warriors); of battle in which ׳ י beats down his foes Jer 25:31, compare Isa 66:6 of gathering hosts Isa 13:4 זָרִים Isa 25:3 ( Du Marti, plausibly, גְּאוֺן זְדִים, as Isa 13:11); read ׳ שׁ also probably (for שַׁאֲנָן , q. v.) 2Kgs 19:28 = Isa 37:29 in mocking appellative of Pharaoh (Necho), Jer 46:17 ׳ פּ ( ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ) קִרְאוּ שֵׁם call ye the name of Phoenician a crash.

2. uproar of revellers Isa 5:14; Isa 24:8. — ׳ בּוֺר שׁ Ps 40:3, pit of roaring (of waters? figurative, compare מַעֲמַקֵּימַֿיִם Ps 69:3, where also || יָוִן); Thes and others of destruction (see √ 2), but against usage of שָׁאוֺן; > Du proposes בּוֺר שָׁוְא (compare נָפַת שָׁוְא Isa 30:28 ).

BDB8496

שָׁוְא noun [masculine] emptiness, vanity; — ׳ שׁ absolute Exod 23:1 + 51 t., שָׁו Job 15:31 ( Kt ); —

1. emptiness, nothingness, vanity: תְּשׁוּעַת אָרָם ׳ שׁ Ps 60:13 vain (is) man's deliverance, = Ps 108:13 לָכֶם ׳ שׁ Ps 127:2 it is vain (useless) for you; Ps 89:48 for (עַל) what nothingness hast thou created man ? compare ׳ יַרְחֵי שׁ Job 7:3 ׳ הַבְלֵי שׁ Ps 31:7 (idols) = Jonah 2:9, compare Jer 18:15 + Hos 5:11 ᵐ5 (for צָו); ׳ מִנְחַת שׁ Isa 1:13 of ineffective offering to ׳ י; ׳ נשׂא לַשּׁ (לֹא) Exod 20:7 (twice in verse) take up name of God in vain (to no good purpose) = Deut 5:11 (twice in verse), compare Ps 24:4; Ps 139:20 [ ᵑ0 lifted up in vain are thy foes, but read שְׁמֶ֑ךָ for עָרֶיךָ, compare נשׂא 1.b. (7); al. עָלֶיךָ, see II. עָר ]; ׳ היה שׁ Hos 12:12 become nothing (We ׳ עשׂה שׁ, and so 3); ׳ ראה שׁ Ps 119:37 adverb ׳ לַשּׁ in vain Jer 2:30 ; Jer 4:30; Jer 6:29 ; Jer 46:11 ׳ שׁ Ps 127:1 (twice in verse); Mal 3:14.

2. emptiness of speech, || lying, ׳ שׁ וּדְבַר כָּזָב Prov 30:8 ׳ דבּר שׁ Ps 12:3; Ps 41:7; Ps 144:8; Ps 144:11 ; Isa 59:4 ; Ezek 13:8 ׳ אָלוֺת שׁ Hos 10:4 + Hos 12:2 ᵐ5 We and others (for שֹׁד); ׳ הָלַךְ עִםשֿׁ Job 31:5 (|| מִרְמָה); ׳ עֵד שׁ Deut 5:17 (= עֵד שָֽׁקֶר Exod 20:16 ); compare ׳ שֵׁמַע שׁ Exod 23:1 ( E ); of false (empty) prophecy ׳ חֲזוֺן שׁ Ezek 12:24 , ׳ חָזוּ שׁ Lam 2:14 see also Ezek 13:6 ; Ezek 13:7 ; Ezek 13:9 ; Ezek 13:23; Ezek 21:34; Ezek 22:28; Job 35:13 (or empty complaining, below 1); ׳ קסם שׁ Ezek 21:28 חֲלֹמוֺת ׳ הַשּׁ Zech 10:2.

3. of conduct, worthlessness (Buhl below 1, 2); ׳ מְרתי שׁ worthless men Ps 26:4; Job 11:11 worthless motives (in figurative) ׳ חַבְלֵי הַשּׁ Isa 5:18 ׳ נָפַת שׁ Isa 30:28 (i.e. sifting out the worthless; al. sieve of (bringing) disappointment ); play on meanings in Job 15:31 (twice in verse), compare Dr^{Job,
Psalt. 464}.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke