H7387 - רֵיקָם (rêyqâm)

H7387 רֵיקָם (rêyqâm) ray-kawm'

Hebrew

Adv (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

emptily

Strong's Definition

emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly

Derivation: from H7386 (רֵיק);

KJV Usage: without cause, empty, in vain, void.

TWOT Reference: 2161c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) vainly, emptily

1a) in empty condition, empty, emptily

1b) in vain, without effect, vainly

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2756

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) vainly, emptily 1a) in empty condition, empty, emptily 1b) in vain, without effect, vainly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רֵיקָם rêyqâm BDB Definition: 1) vainly, emptily 1a) in empty condition, empty, emptily 1b) in vain, without effect, vainly Part of Speech: adverb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7386 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2161c Total KJV Occurrences: 18

Bible Occurrences (16)

31:42

3:21 23:15 34:20

15:13 16:16

1:21 3:17

6:3

1:22

22:9

7:4 25:3

55:11

14:3 50:9

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.

Exodus 3:21

And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians... that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.

Exodus 23:15

You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that [was the month] you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

Exodus 34:20

You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 15:13

And when you release him...,... do not send him away empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times a year all your men... are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear... before the LORD empty-handed.

Ruth 1:21

I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.

Ruth 3:17

And she said, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.