STRONGS NUMBER H7386


Word Summary
req: empty, vain
Original Word: רֵיק
Transliteration: req
Phonetic Spelling: (rake)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: empty, vain
Meaning: empty, worthless
Strong's Concordance
emptied, vain fellow, man

Or (shorter) req {rake}; from ruwq; empty; figuratively, worthless -- emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).

see HEBREW ruwq

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7386. req

[רֵיק‎], רֵקadjective empty, vain — masculine absolute רֵקGenesis 37:24 2t.; feminine דֵקָה‎ feminine דֵקָהEzekiel 24:11; Isaiah 29:8; masculine plural רֵ(י)קִיםJudges 7:16 +; feminine plural רֵקוֺתGenesis 41:27; —

1 empty, of vessels 2 Kings 4:3; Judges 7:16; Ezekiel 24:11 +? Jeremiah 14:3 (רֵיקִים‎ for דֵיקָם‎), 51:34 (רֵיק‎ for רִיק‎); of pit Genesis 37:24 (J), lap Nehemiah 5:13, ears of grain Genesis 41:27 (E; דֵּקּוֺת41:6; 41:7; 41:23; 41:24); נַפְשׁוֺ רֵקָהIsaiah 29:8 (compare 32:61).

2 empty, idle, worthless, ethically; ריקים אנשׁיםworthless fellows Judges 9:4; 11:3; 2 Chronicles 13:7, so הָרֵקִים‎ alone(as substantive) 2 Samuel 6:20; רֵיקִים מְרַדֵּףProverbs 12:11 AV RV of persons; < vain, unprofitable things, 28:19 (see Toy); ר ׳דָּבָר מִןDeuteronomy 32:47 (D) a thing too empty (of significance) for you; + (probably) Psalm 4:3 (רֵיק‎ for רִיק ᵑ0‎) love an empty thing ("" כזב‎), of abortive course of action.