H7385 רִיק (rîyq) reek

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

vain

Strong's Definition

emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain

Derivation: from H7324 (רוּק);

KJV Usage: empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.

TWOT Reference: 2161b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2756 G2761 G3153

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רִיק (riq) — vain. emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רִיק (H7385)

noun m · ריק

Non-Contain

empty = state in which a container does not contain anything

JER 51:34

Fail

vain literally: empty; hence: = state in which an event does not serve a useful purpose and is bound to fail

LEV 26:16 · LEV 26:20 · JOB 39:16 · PSA 2:1 · PSA 4:3 · PSA 73:13 · ISA 30:7 · ISA 49:4 · ISA 65:23 · JER 51:58 · HAB 2:13

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רִיק n.[m.] emptiness, vanity base

Bible Occurrences (12)

26:16 26:20

39:16

2:1 4:2 73:13

30:7 49:4 65:23

51:34 51:58

2:13

Leviticus 26:16

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror -, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Leviticus 26:20

and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Job 39:16

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

Isaiah 30:7

Egypt’s help is futile and empty; therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still.

Isaiah 49:4

But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.

Isaiah 65:23

They will not labor in vain [or] bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD — [they] and their descendants with them.

Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies [and] vomited me out.

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled..., and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations... will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.