vain

VAIN, adjective [Latin vanus; Eng. wan, wane, want.]1. Empty; worthless; having no substance, value or importance. 1 Peter 1:18.To your vain answer will you have recourse.Every man walketh in a vain show. Psalms 39:6.Why do the people imagine a vain thing? Psalms 2:1.2. 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 12:11.7. Empty; unsatisfying. The pleasures of life are vain 8. False; deceitful; not genuine; spurious. James 1:26.9. Not effectual; having no efficacyBring no more vain oblations. Isaiah 1:13.In vain to no purpose; without effect; ineffectual.In vain they do worship me. Matthew 15:9.To take the name of God in vain to use the name of God with levity or profaneness