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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly H7385, for your enemies will eat it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - ‘And your power will be spent uselessly H7385, for your land will not give forth its produce and the trees of the land will not give forth their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 -

“She treats her children cruelly, as if they were not hers;

Though her labor be empty H7385, she is without dread,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 -

Why do the [fn]nations rage

And the peoples meditate on a vain H7385 thing H7385?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 -

O sons of men, how long will my glory become a reproach?

How long will you love what H7385 is H7385 worthless H7385 and seek falsehood? [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 -

Surely in vain H7385 I have [fn]kept my heart pure

And washed my hands in innocence;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 -

Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty H7385.

Therefore, I have called [fn]her

“[fn]Rahab who has ceased.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 -

But I said, “I have toiled in vain H7385;

I have spent My might for [fn]nothing and vanity;

Yet surely the justice due to Me is with Yahweh,

And My reward with My God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 -

“They will not labor in vain H7385,

Or bear children for terror;

For they are the seed of those blessed by Yahweh,

And their offspring with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 -

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and brought me into confusion;

He has set me down like an empty vessel;

He has swallowed me like a sea monster;

He has filled his stomach with my delicacies;

He has rinsed me away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 -

Thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed,

And her high gates will be set on fire;

So the peoples will toil for nothing H7385,

And the nations become weary only for fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 -

“Is it not, behold, from Yahweh of hosts

That peoples toil for fire,

And nations grow weary for nothing H7385?

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