רִיק ruq

Hebrew word for “to empty” · Strong’s H7324 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) to make empty, empty out;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ruq in context, with how often each is used:

• will draw 7
• drew out 1
• emptying 1
• poured out 1
• draw out 1
• will pour it out 1
• which it is poured out 1
• keeping empty 1
• has been poured 1
• will empty out 1
• will he empty 1
• which are pouring out 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 48 (2), Ezekiel 5 (2), Genesis 14 (1), Genesis 42 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 35 (1), Ecclesiastes 11 (1), Song of Solomon 1 (1)

Forms

• אריק 4
• והריקתי 2
• יריקו 2
• והריקו 2
• וירק 1
• מריקים 1
• אריקם 1
• והרק 1
• תורק 1
• להריק 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ruq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 7
• זָרָה zarah “to scatter” 4
• מָלֵא male “to fill” 4
• כֵּן ken “so” 5
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4
• רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 3
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 4
• אַחַר achar “after” 4
• עָרִיץ arits “ruthless” 2
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 3
• רֵיחַ reach “aroma” 2
• שְׁלִישִׁי shelishi “third” 2

Key verses

The verses using ruq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 14:14 — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them…
• Exodus 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• Leviticus 26:33 — And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
• Psalms 18:42 — Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
• Song of Solomon 1:3 — Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
• Isaiah 32:6 — For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of…
• Jeremiah 48:11 — Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity:…
• Ezekiel 5:2 — Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it…
• Ezekiel 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round…
• Ezekiel 12:14 — And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
• Ezekiel 28:7 — Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they…
• Malachi 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.