H7475 - רַעְיוֹן (raʻyôwn)

H7475 רַעְיוֹן (raʻyôwn) rah-yone'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

striving

Strong's Definition

desire

Derivation: from H7462 (רָעָה) in the sense of H7469 (רְעוּת);

KJV Usage: vexation.

TWOT Reference: 2187c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) longing, striving

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G5274 G5283

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

longing, striving Aramaic equivalent: ra.yon (רַעְיוֹן "thought" H7476)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רַעְיוֹן ra‛yôn BDB Definition: 1) longing, striving Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7462 in the sense of H7469 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2187c Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

1:17 2:22 4:16

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I set my mind to know wisdom [and] madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no limit to all the people... who were before them. Yet [the successor] will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too... is futile and a pursuit of the wind.