Strong H7385רִיק
vain
- Transliteration
- rîyq
- Pronunciation
- reek
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H7324; emptiness; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain: - {empty} to no {purpose} (in) vain ({thing}) vanity.
Detailed definition
emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain
In the Bible
Strong H7385 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- vain7
- vanity2
- empty1
- purpose1
- thing1
First verses
- Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
- Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
- Job 39:16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
- Psalms 2:1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Psalms 4:2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- Psalms 73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
- Isaiah 30:7For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
- Isaiah 49:4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
- Isaiah 65:23They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
- Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
- Jeremiah 51:58Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
- Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?