רֵיק
req
“worthless”
Definition
empty; figuratively, worthless
or (shorter) רֵק; from H7324 (רוּק);
- empty, vain 1a) empty (of vessels) 1b) empty, idle, worthless (ethically)
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
רֵיק appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
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.”
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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.
So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
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