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• 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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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.