רְעוּתrᵉʻûwth

Same root

• רָעָהrâʻâh · H7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
• רְעוּתrᵉʻûwth · H7470desire
• רַעְיוֹןraʻyôwn · H7475desire

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

• Ecclesiastes 1:14 I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 2:11 But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
• Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 2:26 God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 4:4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 4:6 And yet, “Better to have one handful with quietness than two handfuls with hard work and chasing the wind.”