KJV dictionary & concordance

vanity

Meaning of “vanity”

Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-references

86 occurrences79 verses14 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 2 Kings 17:15

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Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Habakkuk 2:13 · retained source text

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hostes, that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shal wearie themselues for very vanitie?

1611 marginal noteOr, in vaine.

Complete reference index — all 79 verses

2 Kings 17:15 Job 7:3 Job 7:16 Job 15:31 Job 15:35 Job 31:5 Job 35:13 Psalms 4:2 Psalms 10:7 Psalms 12:2 Psalms 24:4 Psalms 39:5 Psalms 39:11 Psalms 41:6 Psalms 62:9 Psalms 78:33 Psalms 94:11 Psalms 119:37 Psalms 144:4 Psalms 144:8 Psalms 144:11 Proverbs 13:11 Proverbs 21:6 Proverbs 22:8 Proverbs 30:8 Ecclesiastes 1:2 Ecclesiastes 1:14 Ecclesiastes 2:1 Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 2:15 Ecclesiastes 2:17 Ecclesiastes 2:19 Ecclesiastes 2:21 Ecclesiastes 2:23 Ecclesiastes 2:26 Ecclesiastes 3:19 Ecclesiastes 4:4 Ecclesiastes 4:7 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 4:16 Ecclesiastes 5:10 Ecclesiastes 6:2 Ecclesiastes 6:4 Ecclesiastes 6:9 Ecclesiastes 6:11 Ecclesiastes 7:6 Ecclesiastes 7:15 Ecclesiastes 8:10 Ecclesiastes 8:14 Ecclesiastes 9:9 Ecclesiastes 11:8 Ecclesiastes 11:10 Ecclesiastes 12:8 Isaiah 5:18 Isaiah 30:28 Isaiah 40:17 Isaiah 40:23 Isaiah 41:29 Isaiah 44:9 Isaiah 57:13 Isaiah 58:9 Isaiah 59:4 Jeremiah 2:5 Jeremiah 10:15 Jeremiah 16:19 Jeremiah 18:15 Jeremiah 51:18 Ezekiel 13:6 Ezekiel 13:8 Ezekiel 13:9 Ezekiel 13:23 Ezekiel 21:29 Ezekiel 22:28 Hosea 12:11 Habakkuk 2:13 Zechariah 10:2 Romans 8:20 Ephesians 4:17 2 Peter 2:18

Where “vanity” appears

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2 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse Job7 occurrences
6 verses Psalms15 occurrences
14 verses Proverbs4 occurrences
4 verses Ecclesiastes33 occurrences
28 verses Isaiah9 occurrences
9 verses Jeremiah5 occurrences
5 verses Ezekiel6 occurrences
6 verses Hosea1 occurrence
1 verse Habakkuk1 occurrence
1 verse Zechariah1 occurrence
1 verse Romans1 occurrence
1 verse Ephesians1 occurrence
1 verse 2 Peter1 occurrence
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Definition evidence

1 · KJV context and cross-references

2 Kings 17:15 Psalm 12:2 Ecclesiastes 1:14 Jeremiah 16:19 Isaiah 59:4 2 Peter 2:18 Psalms 39:5 Proverbs 21:6 Ecclesiastes 2:23 Ecclesiastes 7:6 Isaiah 40:23 Ezekiel 13:6