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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 - I, in H637 turn H637, will do H6213 this H2088 to you: I will [fn]summon H6485 a sudden H928 terror H928 against H5921 you, consumption H7829 and fever H6920 that will make H3615 the eyes H5869 fail H3615 and the soul H5315 languish H1727; also, you will sow H2232 your seed H2233 uselessly H7385, for your enemies H340 will eat H398 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - ‘Your strength H3581 will be consumed H8552 uselessly H7385, for your land H776 will not yield H5414 its produce H2981 and the trees H6086 of the land H776 will not yield H5414 their fruit H6529.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 -

“She treats H7188 her young H1121 cruelly H7188, as if they were not hers;

Though her labor H3018 is for nothing H7385, she is [fn]unconcerned H1097 H6343,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1

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Why H4100 are H7283 the [fn]nations H1471 restless H7283

And the peoples H3816 plotting H1897 in vain H7385?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2

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You sons H1121 of man H376, how H4100 long H5704 will my [fn]honor H3519 be treated as an insult H3639?

How long will you love H157 what H7385 is H7385 worthless H7385 and strive H1245 for a lie H3577? Selah H5542

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Surely H389 in vain H7385 I have [fn]kept H2135 my heart H3824 pure H2135

And washed H7364 my hands H3709 in innocence H5356;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 -

Even Egypt H4714, whose help H5826 is vain H1892 and empty H7385.

Therefore H3651, I have called H7121 [fn]her

“[fn]Rahab H7294 who H1992 has been exterminated H7674.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 -

But I said H559, “I have labored H3021 in vain H7385,

I have spent H3615 My strength H3581 for nothing H8414 and futility H1892;

Nevertheless H403, the justice H4941 due to Me is with the LORD H3068,

And My reward H6468 is with My God H430.”

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“They will not labor H3021 in vain H7385,

Or give H3205 birth H3205 to children for disaster H928;

For they are the [fn]descendants H2233 of those blessed H1288 by the LORD H3068,

And their descendants H6631 with them.

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“Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 has devoured H398 me, he has crushed H2000 me,

He has set H3322 me down H3322 like an empty H7386 vessel H3627;

He has swallowed H1104 me like a monster H8577,

He has filled H4390 his stomach H3770 with my delicacies H5730;

He has washed H1740 me away H1740.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 -

This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559:

“The broad H7342 wall H2346 of Babylon H894 will be completely H6209 demolished H6209,

And her high H1364 gates H8179 will be set H3341 on fire H784;

So the peoples H5971 will labor H3021 for nothing H1767 H7385,

And the nations H3816 become H3286 exhausted H3286 only for fire H784.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 -

“Is it not indeed H2009 from the LORD H3068 of armies H6635

That peoples H5971 labor H3021 merely for fire H784,

And nations H3816 become H3286 weary H3286 for nothing H7385?

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