Strong’s definition
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV gloss list in the source
false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Source pronunciation notation: shawv
Derivation recorded by Strong
or שַׁו; from the same as H7722 (שׁוֹא) in the sense of desolating;
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