Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7475 - רַעְיוֹן rayon (longing)

Original Word:	רַעְיוֹן
Transliteration:	rayon
Definition:	longing, striving
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(rah-yone')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

vexation

From ra'ah in the sense of r'uwth; desire -- vexation.

see HEBREW ra'ah

see HEBREW r'uwth

Englishman's Concordance

1) longing, striving
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7462 in the sense of H7469
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2187c

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רַעְיוֺןnoun [masculine] id.; — construct, רַעְיוֺן רוּחַEcclesiastes 1:17, רוּחַ׳הֶבֶל וְרEcclesiastes 4:16 (compare foregoing), לִבּוֺ׳בְּכָלעֲֿמָלוֺ וּבְרEcclesiastes 2:22.

רֹעָה see II. רעע.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7475. רַעְיוֹן (rayon) — 3 Occurrences

Ecclesiastes 1:17
HEB:זֶ֥ה ה֖וּא רַעְי֥וֹן רֽוּחַ׃
NAS: that this also is striving after wind.
KJV: that this also is vexation of spirit.
INT: this he is striving wind

Ecclesiastes 2:22
HEB:בְּכָל־ עֲמָל֔וֹ וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן לִבּ֑וֹ שֶׁה֥וּא
NAS: his labor and in his striving with which
KJV: of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart,
INT: all his labor his striving of his heart wherein

Ecclesiastes 4:16
HEB:זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וְרַעְי֥וֹן רֽוּחַ׃
NAS: too is vanity and striving after wind.
KJV: in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
INT: this is vanity and striving wind

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