KJV dictionary & concordance
Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.
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First occurrence: Exodus 5:9
Complete exact-word concordance
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
But when yee pray, vse not vaine repetitions, as the heathen doe. For they thinke that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
1611 marginal noteEcclus. 7.16.
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
But in vaine they do worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandements of men.
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