Ecclesiastes 1

2 *ch. 12:8Vanity*1:2 The Hebrew term hebel, translated vanity or vain, refers concretely to a "mist," "vapor," or "mere breath," and metaphorically to something that is fleeting or elusive (with different nuances depending on the context). It appears five times in this verse and in 29 other verses in Ecclesiastes of vanities, says *[See ver. 1above] the Preacher,

*ch. 12:8vanity of vanities! *[Rom. 8:20]All is vanity.