רֵיקָם reqam
Hebrew word for “emptily” · Strong’s H7387 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
1) vainly, emptily; 1a) in empty condition, empty, emptily; 1b) in vain, without effect, vainly
How it is translated
Glosses given for reqam in context, with how often each is used:
- empty 10
- emptily 2
- vain 2
- empty hands 1
- without cause 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ruth | 2 | 1.5 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 31 (1), Exodus 3 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Deuteronomy 15 (1), Deuteronomy 16 (1), Ruth 1 (1), Ruth 3 (1), 1 Samuel 6 (1), 2 Samuel 1 (1)
Forms
- ריקם 15
- וריקם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with reqam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 6
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 6
- אִם im “if” 4
- מַצָּה matstsah “unleavened bread” 2
- חַג chag “feast” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 4
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 2
- גִּבּוֹר gibbor “mighty man” 2
- נִי ni “me” 3
- אַל al “not” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 2
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 2
Key verses
The verses using reqam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 31:42 — Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine…
- Exodus 3:21 — And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
- Exodus 23:15 — Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for…
- Exodus 34:20 — But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt…
- Deuteronomy 16:16 — Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast…
- 1 Samuel 6:3 — And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it…
- Job 22:9 — Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- Psalms 7:4 — If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
- Psalms 25:3 — Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
- Isaiah 55:11 — So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in…
- Jeremiah 14:3 — And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were…
- Jeremiah 50:9 — For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against…
See all 16 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.