הֶבֶל
hebel (heḇel)
/HEH-vel/
“vanity, vapor, breath, transient futility”
Vapor, passing breath, transient futility; leitmotif of Ecclesiastes ('Vanity of vanities, all is vanity', Ecclesiastes 1:2); mortal transience without God.
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
From הָבַל (H1891) to act vanity.
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
vanity
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: הֶבֶל (vanity, vapor, breath, transient futility) -> G3153
Key Biblical Occurrences (6)
Foundational passages where הֶבֶל (hebel) carries significant theological or narrative weight.