Hebrew adjective · H7386
רֵיק
reqrake
worthless
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: rêyq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7386is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7386
empty; figuratively, worthless
The King James renders it: emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
req is rendered "worthless". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Three of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 37:24and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
Genesis 37:24רֵ֔ק
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in ten of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- empty7
- and empty2
- unprincipled2
- the empty1
- the worthless1
- worthless things1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| רֵיקָם | reqam | emptily | Uses16 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הָרֵק֔וֹת1
- הָרֵקִֽים׃1
- וְרֵיקָ֣ה1
- וָרֵ֑ק1
- רֵיקִים֙1
- רֵיקִ֔ים1
- רֵיקִ֣ים1
- רֵ֔ק1
- רֵ֥ק1
- רֵקָ֑ה1
- רֵקִ֔ים1
- רֵקִ֖ים1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine plural7HAampa
- adjective · masculine singular2HAamsa
- adjective · feminine singular1HAafsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular1HC/Aafsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1HC/Aamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine plural1HTd/Aafpa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural1HTd/Aampa
Genesis
two uses
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- רֵ֔קrekadjective · masculine singulartagged: empty
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
- הָרֵק֔וֹתharekotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluraltagged: the empty
Deuteronomy
one use
For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- רֵ֥קrekadjective · masculine singulartagged: empty
Judges
three uses
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
- רֵקִ֔יםrekimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: empty
So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
- רֵיקִים֙reikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: unprincipled
So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
- רֵיקִ֔יםreikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: unprincipled
2 Samuel
one use
As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
- הָרֵקִֽים׃harekimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the worthless
2 Kings
one use
“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
- רֵקִ֖יםrekimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: empty
2 Chronicles
one use
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
- רֵקִים֙rekimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: empty
Nehemiah
one use
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
- וָרֵ֑קvarekconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and empty
Proverbs
two uses
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
- רֵיקִ֣יםreikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: worthless things
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
- רֵ֝קִ֗יםrekimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: empty
Isaiah
one use
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- וְרֵיקָ֣הvereikahconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: and empty
Ezekiel
one use
Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
- רֵקָ֑הrekahadjective · feminine singulartagged: empty
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.