1Sa 12:21 turn aside after v that profit not
2Ki 17:15 followed the v, and became vain
Job 15:31 do not trust the deluded in the v, because she
Job 35:13 surely God will not hear the v, nor the
Psa 4:2 will you love the v, and will you seek the lie?
Psa 31:6 I hate those who wait for v
Psa 39:5 is complete and every man that lives
Psa 62:9 v are the sons of men, lie
Psa 78:33 consumed his days in v, and his years in
Psa 94:11 Jehovah knows the thoughts.. they are v
Psa 119:37 turn away my eyes, that they do not see the v
Psa 144:4 man is like the v, his days
Pro 13:11 v’s riches will decrease; but
Pro 30:8 and a lying word turn away from me; No
Ecc 1:2; 12:8
word that in principle has the meaning of vaho, breath, one of the images to describe the fragility of man. Word that gives the idea of emptiness, of the insubstantial, of the lack of entity and foundation; of the illusory of things, of the transitory. True happiness comes from God, the rest is v. and lie, Ps 4, 3; life passes quickly, the psalmist asks God to teach him to count the days, because wisdom comes from understanding the fragility of human existence, Ps 90 (89), 10 and 12; 119, 37.
The nature of man is vain material things are illusory, Qo 1, 2; 12, 8; 2, 1-10; 11-13; 15-16 and 17; 3, 18-19.
The prophets call v. to idols Is 41, 29; Jr 2, 5; 10, 3 and 15; 16, 19; 51, 18; Hos 5, 11; Ze 10, 2.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
The words Hebrew and Gr. they translate emptiness, uselessness, futility.
This thought appears most often (37 times) in the book of Ecclesiastes.
The natural life of man is futility (Job 7:3), vanity (Psa 39:5-6); all idolatry is vanity (1Sa 12:21; 2Ki 17:15; Isa 41:29; Isa 44:9). The proclamation of false prophets is vanity (Jer 23:16; Eze 33:1-23; Zec 10:2). In the NT the word matiotes appears only three times (Rom 8:20; Eph 4:17; 2Pe 2:18 translated vanity). The word vanity sometimes means iniquity (Job 15:35; Psa 10:7; Pro 22:8).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(Nothing, bragging about little: The beauty of the face or body. ).
– Vanity is the pride of trifles.
– The Book of Ecclesiastes repeats many times that everything in this life is “vanity of vanities”.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
What is empty of value and meaning. The term hebel contains the idea of the vaporous, that which vanishes (“Everything is v.† Ecl 1:2, Ecl 1:14; Ecl 2:1, Ecl 2:11, Ecl 2:17, Ecl 2:26 , and so on). In eleven of the twelve chapters of Ecclesiastes this word is used (about thirty-six times). Idols are v. (†œ… wind and v. are their molten images† ). The identification is such that sometimes the translator puts “idols” in places where the original word is hebel. As in Deu 32:21 (“They have moved me to jealousy with what is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their idols”). Idolatry turns into v. to those who practice it (†œ… they went after the v. and became vain† ).
It is also used with the sense of futility. Job said: “Leave me alone, for my days are v.” (Job 7:16).
In the NT, the terms mataiotes and mataios are equivalent to v. and a vain thing (†œ… we announce to you that from these v. you convert to the living God† ; †œBecause the creation was subjected to v.† ).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
vet, The terms “vanity” and “vain” are frequently found in the Bible to give the idea of that which is empty, temporary, worthless. Idolatry and wickedness fall within it, as things that are not only bad, but also vain and empty. They also denote falsehood. The main Hebrew term translated “vanity” is “hebhel”, lit. “a breath of air, or from the mouth.” Used: of idol worship (1 Sam. 12:21; 1 Kings 16:13; Ps. 31:6, etc.); of man and to his days on earth (Jb. 7:16; Ps. 144: 4, etc.); of the thoughts of man (Ps. 94:11); of his possessions (Prov. 13:11); of everything that man occupies pertaining to this sphere under the sun (Ecc. 1:2; 4:7, etc.). The same creation, by the fall of man, is subject to vanity (Rom. 8:20), from which it will only be freed in the manifestation of Christ (Rom. 8:21). The man without God is chained in a vanity of emptiness and frustration, of guilt and death, from which he can only be freed by turning from all this to the Lord Jesus, who can save him and introduce him to an abundant life (Eph. 4:17; Tit 1:10; Acts 14:15; John 10:10).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Vice or deceitful attitude of pretending to be better than they are or worth more than they are worth. It is equivalent to haughtiness, to haughtiness, to arrogance, to the attitude of presumption.
As such, it opposes modesty and humility and is detrimental to coexistence and solidarity, especially when it is accompanied by the contempt of others, by not considering it on the same plane as oneself.
As vice, it must be fought from the first years of life, so that it does not become a permanent quality, which makes men rejectable before others and in the long run before themselves.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy