H7385: רִיק
rîyq · pronounced reek · “vain”
Definition
emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV translates it as: empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
Word origin: from H7324 (רוּק);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7385 is translated
- emptiness ×7
- vanity ×5
Bible verses with H7385 (rîyq)
Rîyq appears in 12 verses.
- Leviticus 26:16
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
- Leviticus 26:20
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
- Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
- Psalms 2:1
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Psalms 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- Psalms 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
- Isaiah 30:7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
- Isaiah 49:4
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
- Isaiah 65:23
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
- Jeremiah 51:34
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
- Jeremiah 51:58
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
- Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?