Hebrew:הבל

Perfect, 3rd person, sing., masc.:

• to be or become vain (Strong 1891)
• to act vainly (Strong 1891)

Noun, sing., masc.:

• vapour, breath (Strong 1892)
• vanity (Strong 1892)
• the failure, the none (Strong 1077)
• the Bel (=Theology:Baal?) ("lord") a chief Babylonian deity (Strong 1078)
• the mind, the heart (Strong 1079)

Adverb:

• vainly (Strong 1892)

Infinitive or participle:

• being or becoming vain (Strong 1891)
• acting vainly (Strong 1891)

Proper name, masc.:

• Abel ("breath") (Strong 1893) (second son of Adam and Eve, killed by his brother Cain)

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