Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7385 - רִיק riyq (to make empty)

Original Word:	רִיק
Transliteration:	riyq
Definition:	to make empty, empty out
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(reek)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

empty, to no purpose, in vain thing, vanity

From ruwq; emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain -- empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.

see HEBREW ruwq

Englishman's Concordance

1) emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7324
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2161b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רִיקnoun [masculine]emptiness, vanity; — chiefly in adverb phrase לְרִיקIsaiah 46:4; Job 39:16in vain (of labour without benefit), so ׳לָרLeviticus 26:16,20 (H), Isaiah 65:23; and as adverb accusative רִיקIsaiah 30:7; Psalm 73:13, probably also Psalm 2:1 (most=empty scheme as רֵיק2) compare Psalm 4:3 (read probably רֵיק); בְּדֵי דִיקJeremiah 51:58=Habakkuk 2:13. — Jeremiah 51:34 see רֵיק1 above

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7385. רִיק (riyq) — 12 Occurrences

Leviticus 26:16
HEB:נָ֑פֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם לָרִיק֙ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ
NAS: your seed uselessly, for your enemies
KJV: your seed in vain, for your enemies
INT: the soul will sow uselessly your seed will eat

Leviticus 26:20
HEB: וְתַ֥ם לָרִ֖יק כֹּחֲכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־
NAS: will be spent uselessly, for your land
KJV: shall be spent in vain: for your land
INT: will be spent uselessly your strength will not

Job 39:16
HEB:לְּלֹא־ לָ֑הּ לְרִ֖יק יְגִיעָ֣הּ בְּלִי־
NAS: as if [they] were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, [she] is unconcerned;
KJV: hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
INT: her young not vain her labor without

Psalm 2:1
HEB:וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־ רִֽיק׃
NAS: And the peoples devising a vain thing?
KJV: and the people imagine a vain thing?
INT: and the peoples devising A vain

Psalm 4:2
HEB:לִ֭כְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב
NAS: [How long] will you love what is worthless and aim
KJV: [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek
INT: confusion love what and aim deceitful

Psalm 73:13
HEB: אַךְ־ רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י
NAS: Surely in vain I have kept my heart
KJV: my heart [in] vain, and washed
INT: Surely vain have kept my heart

Isaiah 30:7
HEB:וּמִצְרַ֕יִם הֶ֥בֶל וָרִ֖יק יַעְזֹ֑רוּ לָכֵן֙
NAS: is vain and empty. Therefore,
KJV: in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried
INT: Egypt is vain and empty help Therefore

Isaiah 49:4
HEB:וַאֲנִ֤י אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ לְרִ֣יק יָגַ֔עְתִּי לְתֹ֥הוּ
NAS: I have toiled in vain, I have spent
KJV: I have laboured in vain, I have spent
INT: I said vain have toiled nothing

Isaiah 65:23
HEB:לֹ֤א יִֽיגְעוּ֙ לָרִ֔יק וְלֹ֥א יֵלְד֖וּ
NAS: They will not labor in vain, Or bear
KJV: They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth
INT: They will not labor vain Or bear

Jeremiah 51:34
HEB:ק) כְּלִ֣י רִ֔יק [בְּלָעָנוּ כ]
KJV: me, he hath made me an empty vessel,
INT: establish vessel an empty cover A monster

Jeremiah 51:58
HEB:עַמִּ֧ים בְּדֵי־ רִ֛יק וּלְאֻמִּ֥ים בְּדֵי־
KJV: shall labour in vain, and the folk
INT: the peoples in vain and the nations able

Habakkuk 2:13
HEB:וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים בְּדֵי־ רִ֥יק יִעָֽפוּ׃
NAS: And nations grow weary for nothing?
KJV: themselves for very vanity?
INT: and nations very empty grow

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