Strong's Definition
or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}; from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV Usage: X altogether, vain, vanity
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) — vanity. 1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · הבל
Air | ≈ רוּחַ
breeze = a slight movement of air; ≈ associated with something without substance, that quickly passes away
Deities | ≈ פֶּסֶל | ≠ אֵל · יהוה
worthless idol = a deity who is unable to accomplish anything, ◄ compared to a light breeze
DEU 32:21 · 1KI 16:13 · 1KI 16:26 · PSA 31:7 · JER 8:19 · JER 10:8 · JER 14:22 · JON 2:9
Fail | ≈ רִיק · שֶׁקֶר · תֹּהוּ
futility, futile, in vain = state in which a condition does not serve any purpose
2KI 17:15 · JOB 7:16 · JOB 9:29 · JOB 21:34 · JOB 27:12 · JOB 35:16 · PSA 39:6 · PSA 39:7 · PSA 39:12 · PSA 62:10 · PSA 62:10 · PSA 78:33 · PSA 94:11 · PSA 144:4 · PRO 13:11 · PRO 21:6 · PRO 31:30 · ECC 1:2 · ECC 1:2 · ECC 1:2 · ECC 1:2 · ECC 1:2 · ECC 1:14 · ECC 2:1 · ECC 2:11 · ECC 2:15 · ECC 2:17 · ECC 2:19 · ECC 2:21 · ECC 2:23 · ECC 2:26 · ECC 3:19 · ECC 4:4 · ECC 4:7 · ECC 4:8 · ECC 4:16 · ECC 5:6 · ECC 5:9 · ECC 6:2 · ECC 6:4 · ECC 6:9 · ECC 6:11 · ECC 6:12 · ECC 7:6 · ECC 7:15 · ECC 8:10 · ECC 8:14 · ECC 8:14 · ECC 9:9 · ECC 9:9 · ECC 11:8 · ECC 11:10 · ECC 12:8 · ECC 12:8 · ECC 12:8 · ISA 30:7 · ISA 49:4 · JER 2:5 · JER 10:3 · JER 10:15 · JER 16:19 · JER 51:18 · LAM 4:17 · ZEC 10:2
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
הֶ֫בֶל 73 n.m. vapour, breath base