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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Vain Talk
• Talk, Vain
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Lord's Name Taken in Vain
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Vain
• Jangling, Vain
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Vain
King James Dictionary
• Vain
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Vain, in Vain, Vainly
Webster Dictionary
• Vain
• Vainness
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Vain
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Jangling, Vain
Lexicons
• ܐܺܝܩܺܐ
• ܒ݁ܰܛܺܝܠܳܐ
• ܒ݁ܳܛܠܳܐ
•   (only first 3 shown)
• Battologia; or Vain Repetition
• βατταλογέω
• δωρεάν
• εἰκῇ
•   (only first 3 shown)
• אָוֶן , אוֹנִי
• הָבַל
• הֶבֶל
•   (only first 3 shown)

(1):

(superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.

(2):

(superl.) Showy; ostentatious.

(3):

(n.) Vanity; emptiness; - now used only in the phrase in vain.

(4):

(superl.) Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

(5):

(superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.