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Lexicon :: Strong's H7385 - rîq

Aa
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 BoxLev 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - This will I do to you: I will put fear in your hearts, even wasting disease and burning pain, drying up the eyes and making the soul feeble, and you will get no profit from your seed, for your haters will take it for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - And your strength will be used up without profit; for your land will not give her increase and the trees of the field will not give their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - The Lord of armies has said: The wide walls of Babylon will be completely uncovered and her high doorways will be burned with fire; so peoples keep on working for nothing, and the weariness of nations comes to an end in the smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?
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