1) empty, vain 1a) empty (of vessels) 1b) empty, idle, worthless (ethically)
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H7386 — רֵיק
req · worthless · Hebrew/Aramaic
13 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 37:24 · רֵ֔קAnd they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.Genesis 41:27 · הָרֵק֔וֹתAnd the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them [are] seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.Deuteronomy 32:47 · רֵ֥קFor it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.Judges 7:16 · רֵקִ֔יםAnd he divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.Judges 9:4 · רֵיקִים֙And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.Judges 11:3 · רֵיקִ֔יםThen Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.2 Samuel 6:20 · הָרֵקִֽים׃Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!2 Kings 4:3 · רֵקִ֖יםThen he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few.2 Chronicles 13:7 · רֵקִים֙And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.Nehemiah 5:13 · וָרֵ֑קAlso I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.Proverbs 12:11 · רֵיקִ֣יםHe that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.Proverbs 28:19 · רֵ֝קִ֗יםHe that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.Isaiah 29:8 · וְרֵיקָ֣הIt shall even be as when an hungry [man] dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, [he is] faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.