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Lexicon :: Strong's H7387 - rêqām

Aa
רֵיקָם
Transliteration
rêqām
Pronunciation
ray-kawm'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2161c

Strong’s Definitions

רֵיקָם rêyqâm, ray-kawm'; from H7386; emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly:—without cause, empty, in vain, void.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H7387 in the following manner: empty (12x), without cause (2x), void (1x), vain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H7387 in the following manner: empty (12x), without cause (2x), void (1x), vain (1x).

  1. vainly, emptily

    1. in empty condition, empty, emptily

    2. in vain, without effect, vainly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֵיקָם rêyqâm, ray-kawm'; from H7386; emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly:—without cause, empty, in vain, void.
STRONGS H7387: Abbreviations
† רֵיקָם adverb emptily, vainly; —
1. in empty condition, empty = with empty hands; with verb of sending Genesis 31:42 (E), Deuteronomy 15:13; 1 Samuel 6:3; Job 22:9; of going forth Exodus 3:21, returning Ruth 1:21; Ruth 3:17; = without an offering, לֹא יֵרָאוּ פָנַי ד׳ Exodus 23:15 (E) = Exodus 34:20 (J), more fully Deuteronomy 16:16 (compare [פָּנֶה] II. 2 ראה Niph. 1 b).
2. in vain, without effect : with שׁוּב 2 Samuel 1:22 (poem), Isaiah 55:11; Jeremiah 14:3 (but see רֵיק 1), Jeremiah 50:9; probably also צוֺרֲרִי ר׳ Psalm 7:5 those who were my adversaries in vain (without success); הַבּוֺגְדִים ר׳ Psalm 25:3 that deal treacherously in vain <in both most without cause).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:42

Exodus

3:21; 23:15; 34:20

Deuteronomy

15:13; 16:16

Ruth

1:21; 3:17

1 Samuel

6:3

2 Samuel

1:22

Job

22:9

Psalms

7:5; 25:3

Isaiah

55:11

Jeremiah

14:3; 50:9

H7387

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7387 matches the Hebrew רֵיקָם (rêqām),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21 - And I will give this people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that when you go out you will go out with your hands full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - You are to keep the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your bread be without leaven, as I gave you orders, at the regular time in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt); and let no one come before me without an offering:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - A lamb may be given in payment for the young of an ass, but if you will not make payment for it, its neck will have to be broken. For all the first of your sons you are to make payment. No one is to come before me without an offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13 - And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - And she said, He gave me these six measures of grain, saying, Do not go back to your mother-in-law with nothing in your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it without an offering, but send him a sin-offering with it: then you will have peace again, and it will be clear to you why the weight of his hand has not been lifted from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the dead, from the fat of the strong, the bow of Jonathan was not turned back, the sword of Saul did not come back unused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:11 - So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:3 - Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.
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