רִיקrîyq
emptiness, vanity (Isaiah 46:4; Job 39:16; Leviticus 26:16; Leviticus 26:20; Isaiah 65:23)
Pronunciation: reek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7385
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 26:16 I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them.
- Leviticus 26:20 All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
- Job 39:16 She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die.
- Psalms 2:1 Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
- Psalms 4:2 How long will you people ruin my reputation? How long will you make groundless accusations? How long will you continue your lies? Interlude
- Psalms 73:13 Did I keep my heart pure for nothing? Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).