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Definition of Take in vain
1. Verb. Use a name, such as God, without proper respect.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take In Vain
Literary usage of Take in vain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. French Elements in Middle English: Chapters Illustrative of the Origin and by Frederick Henry Sykes (1899)
"176. = prendre en gre', see 'take in good intent.' take in vain : Nim godes name
in ydel, Ayen., 6. ..."
2. A Key to the Shorter Catechism: Containing Catechetical Exercises, a by James Gall (1829)
"What do they take in vain, who will not he held guiltless ? Whose name do all
such take in vain ? EXPLANATIONS. Take the name of, Utter, ..."
3. The English Bible: History of the Translation of the Holy Scriptures Into by Hannah Chaplin Conant (1856)
"Thou Khali not take in vain the name of thy Lord God, for the Lord shall not have
him guiltless, ..."
4. The English Bible: History of the Translation of the Holy Scriptures Into by Hannah Chaplin Conant (1856)
"Thou shait not take in vain the name of thy Lord God, fur the Lord shall not have
him guiltless, that taketh in vain the name of his Lord God. ..."
5. An Explicatory Catechism, Or, An Explanation of the Assembly's Shorter by Thomas Vincent, Benjamin Trumbull (1810)
"What are we to understand hf the name of God which we are forbidden in this
commandment to take in vain ? A. The name of God which we are forbidden in this ..."
6. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1854)
"The name of the great God is Jehovah, which men must not take in vain. Whoever takes
God's name in vain, and rails against Heaven, offends against this ..."
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