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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 -

“then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you ​— ​wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 -

“and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 -

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,

with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 -

Why do the nations rage

and the peoples plot in vain?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 -

How long, exalted ones,[fn] will my honor be insulted?

How long will you love what is worthless

and pursue a lie?Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 -

Did I purify my heart

and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 -

Egypt’s help is completely worthless;

therefore, I call her:

Rahab Who Just Sits.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 -

But I myself said: I have labored in vain,

I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;

yet my vindication is with the LORD,

and my reward is with my God.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 -

“They will not labor without success

or bear children destined for disaster,

for they will be a people blessed by the LORD

along with their descendants.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 -

“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me;

he has crushed me.

He has set me aside like an empty dish;

he has swallowed me like a sea monster;

he filled his belly with my delicacies;

he has vomited me out.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 -

This is what the LORD of Armies says:

Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,

and her high gates set ablaze.

The peoples will have labored for nothing;

the nations will weary themselves only to feed the fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 -

Is it not from the LORD of Armies

that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire

and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?

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