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Lexicon :: Strong's H7386 - rêq

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רֵיק
Transliteration
rêq
Pronunciation
rake
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2161a

Strong’s Definitions

רֵיק rêyq, rake; or (shorter) רֵק rêq; from H7324; empty; figuratively, worthless:—emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H7386 in the following manner: empty (6x), vain (5x), emptied (1x), vain men (1x), vain fellows (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H7386 in the following manner: empty (6x), vain (5x), emptied (1x), vain men (1x), vain fellows (1x).

  1. empty, vain

    1. empty (of vessels)

    2. empty, idle, worthless (ethically)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֵיק rêyq, rake; or (shorter) רֵק rêq; from H7324; empty; figuratively, worthless:—emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).
STRONGS H7386: Abbreviations
† [רֵיק], רֵק adjective empty, vain — masculine absolute רֵק Genesis 37:24 + 2 times; feminine דֵקָה feminine דֵקָה Ezekiel 24:11; Isaiah 29:8; masculine plural רֵ(י)קִים Judges 7:16 +; feminine plural רֵקוֺת Genesis 41:27; —
1. empty, of vessels 2 Kings 4:3; Judges 7:16; Ezekiel 24:11 — Jeremiah 14:3 (רֵיקִים for דֵיקָם), Jeremiah 51:34 (רֵיק for רִיק); of pit Genesis 37:24 (J), lap Nehemiah 5:13, ears of grain Genesis 41:27 (E; דֵּקּוֺת Genesis 41:6; Genesis 41:7; Genesis 41:23; Genesis 41:24); רֵקָה נַפְשׁוֺ Isaiah 29:8 (compare Isaiah 32:6 √ 1).
2. empty, idle, worthless, ethically; אנשׁים ריקים worthless fellows Judges 9:4; Judges 11:3; 2 Chronicles 13:7, so הָרֵקִים alone(as substantive) 2 Samuel 6:20; מְרַדֵּף רֵיקִים Proverbs 12:11 AV RV of persons; < vain, unprofitable things, Proverbs 28:19 (see Toy); מִן דָּבָר ר׳ Deuteronomy 32:47 (D) a thing too empty (of significance) for you; + (probably) Psalm 4:3 (רֵיק for MT רִיק) love an empty thing (|| כזב), of abortive course of action.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:24; 37:24; 41:6; 41:7; 41:23; 41:24; 41:27; 41:27

Deuteronomy

32:47

Judges

7:16; 7:16; 9:4; 11:3

2 Samuel

6:20

2 Kings

4:3

2 Chronicles

13:7

Nehemiah

5:13

Psalms

4:3

Proverbs

12:11; 28:19

Isaiah

29:8; 29:8; 32:6

Jeremiah

14:3; 51:34

Ezekiel

24:11; 24:11

H7386

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7386 matches the Hebrew רֵיק (rêq),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - For this is no idle word for you - it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - He divided the three hundred men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah's gang and traveled with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - He said, "Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. Get as many as you can.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:7 - Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I also shook out my garment, and I said, "In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!" All the assembly replied, "So be it!" and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:19 - The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 - Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.
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