שָׁוְא

Derivation

or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating;

Meaning

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)

In the King James Version

false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

Translated as

vanity (22), vain (17), false (5), lying (2), lies (1), falsely (1)

Where it appears

Found in 46 verses

Exodus

20:7, 23:1

Deuteronomy

5:11, 5:20

Job

7:3, 11:11, 15:31, 31:5, 35:13

Psalms

12:2, 24:4, 26:4, 31:6, 41:6, 60:11, 108:12, 119:37, 127:1, 127:2, 144:8, 144:11

Proverbs

30:8

Isaiah

1:13, 5:18, 30:28, 59:4

Jeremiah

2:30, 4:30, 6:29, 18:15, 46:11

Lamentations

2:14

Ezekiel

12:24, 13:6, 13:7, 13:8, 13:9, 13:23, 21:23, 21:29, 22:28

Hosea

10:4, 12:11

Jonah

2:8

Zechariah

10:2

Malachi

3:14