vain imaginings
19 occurrences across 3 Arabic/Persian roots
و- ه- م (w-h-m) — illusion; fancy; illusions
“vain imaginings” accounts for
12 of
90 occurrences of this root
(13%)
(w-h-m) — illusion; fancy; illusions
“vain imaginings” accounts for 12 of 90 occurrences of this root (13%)
Translation spectrum for this root
vain imagining 21% idle fancy 18% vain imagination 14% idle imagining 4% fancy 4% vain hope 2% vague fancy 2% superstitious 2% imagine 2% imagination 2% what their own hearts have devised 1% vain fancy 1% vain and worthless 1% vain and profitless 1% vain and empty 1% thou who art even as nothing 1% suspicion 1% superstition 1% prompted by their own idle fancy 1% prompted by the vain imaginations his heart hath devised 1% people of doubt 1% own imagining 1% men’s idle fancy 1% imagined 1% imaginations which your hearts have devised 1% imaginations of their heart 1% idle imagination 1% idle and faulty conception 1% fleeting fancy 1% doubt 1% delusion 1% deluded 1% conceive 1% are still devising 1%
Examples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: الاوهام: vain imaginingskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: اوهام: vain imaginingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: وهم: vain imaginingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: الأَوْهامِ: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: اوهام: vain imaginingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: وَالأَوْهامِ: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: اوهام: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: اوهام: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: الاوهام: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: اوهامند: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: باوهام: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: اوهام: vain imaginings
ظ- ن- ن (ẓ-n-n) — conjecture; think; suppositions
“vain imaginings” accounts for
6 of
102 occurrences of this root
(6%)
(ẓ-n-n) — conjecture; think; suppositions
“vain imaginings” accounts for 6 of 102 occurrences of this root (6%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
idle fancy 30% fancy 10% vain imagining 8% thought 4% imagining 4% imagined 3% doubt 3% vain fancy 2% ye imagine 1% what they fondly imagine 1% we deem you 1% we deem 1% ways of their idle fancy 1% vain imagination 1% vain desire 1% thoughts they think 1% thou hast imagined 1% thou dost imagine thyself 1% thinkest thou 1% thinkest 1% think ye 1% them that walk after the vain imaginings which their hearts devise 1% superstition 1% still imagine 1% mine own fancy 1% mere conceit thou dost follow 1% mere conceit 1% is thy fancy 1% imagine 1% imagination 1% idle imagining 1% idle desire 1% held it as certain 1% have they no thought 1% have imputed to 1% hast thou fondly imagined 1% hast deemed thyself 1% fancied 1% false imagining 1% doubtful 1% dost thou believe 1% didst thou imagine 1% believe ye 1% belief 1% bear in mind 1%
Examples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: الظّنون: vain imaginingsgleaningsGWB §25: ظنون: vain imaginingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: ظنونات: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: بالظّنون: Vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: ظنون: vain imaginingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: ظنون: vain imaginings
ش- ب- ه (sh-b-h) — doubts; resemblance; likeness
“vain imaginings” accounts for
1 of
83 occurrences of this root
(1%)
(sh-b-h) — doubts; resemblance; likeness
“vain imaginings” accounts for 1 of 83 occurrences of this root (1%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
doubt 24% peer 10% comparison 7% like of which 6% as 5% likeness 4% like 4% equal 2% doubtfulness 2% vain imagining 1% unlike 1% uncertainty 1% such 1% similitude 1% shadow of a doubt 1% seeds of doubt 1% resemble 1% resemblance 1% perplexing 1% parallel 1% other 1% obscurity 1% none to compare unto him 1% night 1% misgiving 1% likened 1% led to doubt 1% incomparable 1% idle fancy 1% hath likened 1% fail to discern 1% equal them 1% doubts and fancy 1% doubted 1% distrust 1% distinguished 1% confounded 1% compare 1% can equal thee 1%
See Also
Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: