רֵיקrêyq

empty, vain

Pronunciation: rake · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7386

Meanings

1. empty (2 Kings 4:3; Judges 7:16; Ezekiel 24:11)

2. empty, idle, worthless, ethically (Judges 9:4; Judges 11:3; 2 Chronicles 13:7)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 37:24 Then they grabbed him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
  • Genesis 41:27 The seven thin, scrawny cows that came up later and the seven thin heads of grain, withered by the east wind, represent seven years of famine.
  • Deuteronomy 32:47 These instructions are not empty words—they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.”
  • Judges 7:16 He divided the 300 men into three groups and gave each man a ram’s horn and a clay jar with a torch in it.
  • Judges 9:4 They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some reckless troublemakers who agreed to follow him.
  • Judges 11:3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Soon he had a band of worthless rebels following him.
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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).