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Vain
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VAIN, a. L. vanus Eng. wan, wane, want.
1. Empty worthless having no substance, value or importance. 1 Peter 1 .
To your vain answer will you have recourse.
Every man walketh in a vain show. Psalms 39 .
Why do the people imagine a vain thing? Psalms 2 .
2. Fruitless ineffectual. All attempts, all efforts were vain.
Vain is the force of man.
3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments elated with a high opinion of one's own accomplishments, or with things more showy than valuable conceited.
The minstrels play'd on every side, vain of their art -
4. Empty unreal as a vain chimers.
5. Showy ostentatious.
Load some vain church with old theatric state.
6. Light inconstant worthless. Proverbs 12 .
7. Empty unsatisfying. The pleasures of life are vain.
8. False deceitful not genuine spurious. James 1 .
9. Not effectual having no efficacy
Bring no more vain oblations. Isaiah 1 .
In vain, to no purpose without effect ineffectual.
In vain they do worship me. Matthew 15 .
To take the name of God in vain, to use the name of God with levity or profaneness.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Vain'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/v/vain.html.
Entry for 'Vain'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/v/vain.html.
