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 take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.Genesis 41:27 · הָרֵק֔וֹתand the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;Deuteronomy 32:47 · רֵ֥קfor it is not a vain thing for you, for it is your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.’Judges 7:16 · רֵקִ֔יםAnd he divideth the three hundred men into three detachments, and putteth trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.Judges 9:4 · רֵיקִים֙and they give to him seventy silverings out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hireth with them men, vain and unstable, and they go after him;Judges 11:3 · רֵיקִ֔יםAnd Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him.2 Samuel 6:20 · הָרֵקִֽים׃And David turneth back to bless his house, and Michal daughter of Saul goeth out to meet David, and saith, ‘How honourable to-day was the king of Israel, who was uncovered to-day before the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain ones is openly uncovered!’2 Kings 4:3 · רֵקִ֖יםAnd he saith, ‘Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours—empty vessels—let them not be few;2 Chronicles 13:7 · רֵקִים֙‘And there are gathered unto him vain men, sons of worthlessness, and they strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was a youth, and tender of heart, and hath not strengthened himself against them.Nehemiah 5:13 · וָרֵ֑קalso, my lap I have shaken, and I say, ‘Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;’ and all the assembly say, ‘Amen,’ and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.Proverbs 12:11 · רֵיקִ֣יםWhoso is tilling the ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,Proverbs 28:19 · רֵ֝קִ֗יםWhoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.Isaiah 29:8 · וְרֵיקָ֣הAnd it hath been, as when the hungry dreameth, And lo, he is eating, And he hath waked, and empty is his soul, And as when the thirsty dreameth, And lo, he is drinking, and he hath waked, And lo, he is weary, and his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against mount Zion.