Vain in the Bible: 112 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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vain KJV

“Vain” is in the King James Bible 112 times, in 102 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

שׁואשׁוo shâv' shav 22 times
κενός kenos 14 times
הבל הבל hebel hăbêl 11 times
ריק rı̂yq 8 times
ריק רק rêyq rêq 7 times
שׁקר sheqer 6 times
εἰκῆ eikē 5 times
μάταιος mataios 5 times
הבל hâbal 5 times
תּהוּ tôhû 4 times
κενοφωνία kenophōnia 2 times
μάτην matēn 2 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 2 times

16 more, less often

חנּם chinnâm 2 times
רוּח rûach 2 times
שׂפה שׂפת śâphâh śepheth 2 times
βαττολογέω battologeō 1 time
δωρεάν dōrean 1 time
κενόδοξος kenodoxos 1 time
κενόω kenoō 1 time
κενῶς kenōs 1 time
ματαιολογία mataiologia 1 time
ματαιολόγος mataiologos 1 time
ματαιόω mataioō 1 time
און 'âven 1 time
כּזב kâzab 1 time
נבב nâbab 1 time
צלם tselem 1 time
ריקם rêyqâm 1 time

2 verses in 1 Samuel Show all

1 Samuel

12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

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