When I study any book in the Bible, I usually review relevant aspects including words. In Ecclesiastes, Hebel and Ruach are the main words which relate to vanity , but there are a few others.
This are the lists I put together for my study.
| Word other than Hebel and Ruach for Vanity |
| In Qohelet – Ecclesiastes |
| בֹּאר bore bowr: cistern |
| Ecclesiastes 12:6 HEB: הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל אֶל־ הַבּֽוֹר׃ NAS: and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; |
| חָסֵר khaw-sare’ chaser: to lack, need, be lacking, decrease |
| Ecclesiastes 4:8 HEB: אֲנִ֣י עָמֵ֗ל וּמְחַסֵּ֤ר אֶת־ נַפְשִׁי֙ NAS: am I laboring and depriving myself |
| Ecclesiastes 9:8 HEB: רֹאשְׁךָ֥ אַל־ יֶחְסָֽר׃ NAS: and let not oil be lacking on your head. |
| כַּד kad kad: a jar |
| Ecclesiastes 12:6 HEB: הַזָּהָ֑ב וְתִשָּׁ֤בֶר כַּד֙ עַל־ הַמַּבּ֔וּעַ NAS: is crushed, the pitcher by the well |
| Not in Ecclesiastes |
| shav: emptiness, vanity Original Word: שָׁוְא (shawv) |
| reqam: emptily, vainly Original Word: רֵיקָם (ray-kawm’) |
| naqah: to be empty or clean Original Word: נָקָה (naw-kaw’) |
| reyach: savour Original Word: רֵ֫יחַ (ray’-akh) |