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 threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.Genesis 41:27 · הָרֵק֔וֹתThe seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.Deuteronomy 32:47 · רֵ֥קFor it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”Judges 7:16 · רֵקִ֔יםHe divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.Judges 9:4 · רֵיקִים֙They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.Judges 11:3 · רֵיקִ֔יםThen Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.2 Samuel 6:20 · הָרֵקִֽים׃Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”2 Kings 4:3 · רֵקִ֖יםThen he said, “Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don’t borrow just a few.2 Chronicles 13:7 · רֵקִים֙There were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who 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 out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.Proverbs 12:11 · רֵיקִ֣יםHe who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.Proverbs 28:19 · רֵ֝קִ֗יםOne who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.Isaiah 29:8 · וְרֵיקָ֣הIt will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn’t satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.