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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
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• Battologia; or Vain Repetition
• βατταλογέω
• δωρεάν
• εἰκῇ
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• אָוֶן , אוֹנִי
• הָבַל
• הֶבֶל
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vān : The adjective of "vanity," and representing the same Hebrew and Greek words as does the latter, with a few additions (chiefly κενός , kenós , "empty," and its compounds in the New Testament). And "vain" can always be replaced by its synonym "empty," often with advantage in modern English ( Job 15:2; 1 Corinthians 15:14 , etc.). The exception is the phrase "in vain," and even there the interchange can be made if some (understood) noun such as "ways" be added. So "to take God's name in vain" (Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 5:11 ) means simply to take it for an "empty" ("not good") purpose.