רֵיק req
Hebrew word for “worthless” · Strong’s H7386 · used 14 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) empty, vain; 1a) empty (of vessels); 1b) empty, idle, worthless (ethically)
How it is translated
Glosses given for req in context, with how often each is used:
- empty 8
- unprincipled 2
- too empty 1
- worthless men 1
- worthless things 1
- empty things 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judges | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 37 (1), Genesis 41 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Judges 7 (1), Judges 9 (1), Judges 11 (1), 2 Samuel 6 (1), 2 Kings 4 (1), 2 Chronicles 13 (1), Nehemiah 5 (1)
Forms
- רקים 4
- ריקים 3
- רק 2
- הרקות 1
- הרקים 1
- ורק 1
- וריקה 1
- רקה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with req more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 3
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 3
- שָׂבֵעַ sava “to satisfy” 2
- רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 2
- עָבַד avad “to serve” 2
- לֶחֶם lechem “food” 2
- תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 2
- אַחַר achar “after” 2
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 2
- זֶה zeh “this” 2
- דָּבָר davar “word” 2
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 2
Key verses
The verses using req that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 37:24 — And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
- Deuteronomy 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to…
- Judges 7:16 — And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
- Judges 9:4 — And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
- Judges 11:3 — Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
- 2 Samuel 6:20 — Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who…
- 2 Kings 4:3 — Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
- 2 Chronicles 13:7 — And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young…
- Nehemiah 5:13 — Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out,…
- Proverbs 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 28:19 — He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
- Ezekiel 24:11 — Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it…
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
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.