Words the Bible translates as futility
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hevelהֶבֶלa breath or puff of vapor, and so anything that is fleeting, insubstantial, or comes to nothing: too thin to grasp, gone before you can hold it.
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- idols and false gods, dismissed as worthless nothings: powerless objects of worship that promise much and deliver nothing.
- mataiotēsματαιότηςfutilitynot studied yet
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