H7469 רְעוּת (rᵉʻûwth) reh-ooth'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

longing

Strong's Definition

a feeding upon, i.e. grasping after

Derivation: probably from H7462 (רָעָה);

KJV Usage: vexation.

TWOT Reference: 2187b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) longing, striving

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רְעוּת (re.ut) — longing. longing, striving Aramaic equivalent: re.ut (רְעוּ "pleasure" H7470)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רְעוּת (H7468 · H7469)

noun f · רעה

Fail | verb qal | ≈ הֶבֶל

Collocation: רְעוּת רוּחַ

to pursue the wind literally: striving after wind; hence: = action by which humans are actively looking to be engaged in activities that serve no purpose

ECC 1:14 · ECC 2:11 · ECC 2:17 · ECC 2:26 · ECC 4:4 · ECC 4:6 · ECC 6:9

noun f · רעה

Friends

(female) friend, neighbor, companion = female person with whom someone has some level of association, for example, by geography, social or ethnic grouping, personal connection, or temporary circumstance

EXO 11:2 · EST 1:19 · ISA 34:15 · ISA 34:16 · JER 9:19 · ZEC 11:9

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רְעוּת n.f. longing, striving base

Bible Occurrences (7)

1:14 2:11 2:17 2:26 4:4 4:6 6:9

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and [what] I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating [that which] he will hand over to one who pleases... God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labor and success... spring from... a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better one handful... with tranquility than two handfuls... with toil and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.