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Lexicon :: Strong's H7385 - rîq

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רִיק
Transliteration
rîq
Pronunciation
reek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2161b

Strong’s Definitions

רִיק rîyq, reek; from H7324; emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain:—empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H7385 in the following manner: vain (7x), vanity (2x), no purpose (1x), empty (1x), vain thing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H7385 in the following manner: vain (7x), vanity (2x), no purpose (1x), empty (1x), vain thing (1x).

  1. emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רִיק rîyq, reek; from H7324; emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain:—empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
STRONGS H7385: Abbreviations
† רִיק noun [masculine] emptiness, vanity; — chiefly in adverb phrase לְרִיק Isaiah 46:4; Job 39:16 in vain (of labour without benefit), so לָר׳ Leviticus 26:16, 20 (H), Isaiah 65:23; and as adverb accusative רִיק Isaiah 30:7; Psalm 73:13, probably also Psalm 2:1 (most = empty scheme as רֵיק 2) compare Psalm 4:3 (read probably רֵיק); בְּדֵי דִיק Jeremiah 51:58 = Habakkuk 2:13. — Jeremiah 51:34 see רֵיק 1 above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:16; 26:20

Job

39:16

Psalms

2:1; 4:3; 73:13

Isaiah

30:7; 46:4; 65:23

Jeremiah

51:34; 51:58

Habakkuk

2:13

H7385

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7385 matches the Hebrew רִיק (rîq),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption, and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to languish also. And you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat what you plant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - ‘Your strength will be spent uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 -

“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;

Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 -

Why are the [fn]nations in an [fn]uproar [in turmoil against God],

And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 -

O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame?

How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 -

Surely then in vain I have cleansed my heart

And washed my hands in innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 -

For Egypt’s help is worthless and good for nothing.

Therefore, I have called her

“Rahab Who Has Been Exterminated.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 -

Then I said, “I have labored in vain,

I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity (pride, uselessness);

However My justice is with the LORD,

And My reward is with My God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 -

“They will not labor in vain,

Or bear children for disaster;

For they are the descendants of those blessed by the LORD,

And their offspring with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 -

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured [fn]me, he has crushed me,

He has set me down like an empty vessel.

Like a monster he has swallowed me up,

He has filled his belly with my delicacies;

He has spit me out and washed me away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 -

Thus says the LORD of hosts,

“The [fn]broad wall of Babylon will be completely overthrown and the foundations razed

And her high gates will be set on fire;

The peoples will labor in vain,

And the nations become exhausted [only] for fire [that will destroy their work].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 -

“Is it not indeed from the LORD of hosts

That peoples labor [only] for the fire [that will destroy their work],

And nations grow weary for nothing [that is, things which have no lasting value]?

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