What does רִיק (riyq) mean in the Bible?
רִיק (riyq): Emptiness as spiritual worthlessness—used of vain labor, false gods, and futile human effort divorced from divine purpose
Hebrew · H7385
רִיק
Emptiness ; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
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רִיק H7385
Pronunciation riyq
What does רִיק (riyq) mean in the Bible?
רִיק (riyq): Emptiness as spiritual worthlessness—used of vain labor, false gods, and futile human effort divorced from divine purpose
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7385?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include in vain (6), and empty (1), like an empty (1), vain (1), vanity (1).
Where does רִיק (riyq) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 26:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (3), Psalms (3), Jeremiah (2), Leviticus (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It in vain 6× Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:20, Psalms 2:1, Psalms 73:13
and empty 1× Isaiah 30:7
like an empty 1× Jeremiah 51:34
vain 1× Habakkuk 2:13
vanity 1× Psalms 4:2
was in vain 1× Job 39:16
will be for nothing 1× Jeremiah 51:58
Show sample aligned rows
Leviticus 26:16 לָרִיק֙ to in vain Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Leviticus 26:20 לָרִ֖יק to in vain Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Job 39:16 לְרִ֖יק to was in vain Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Psalms 2:1 רִֽיק׃ to in vain Noun - masculine singular Psalms 4:2 רִ֑יק to vanity Noun - masculine singular Psalms 73:13 רִ֭יק to in vain Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 30:7 וָרִ֖יק to and empty Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 49:4 לְרִ֣יק to in vain Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 65:23 לָרִ֔יק to in vain Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Jeremiah 51:34 רִ֔יק to like an empty Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Leviticus 26:16
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 6
Leviticus 2 Job 1 Psalms 3 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 2 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
וָרִ֖יק 1x wā·rîq Isaiah 30:7
לְרִ֖יק 1x lə·rîq Job 39:16
לְרִ֣יק 1x lə·rîq Isaiah 49:4
לָרִיק֙ 1x lā·rîq Leviticus 26:16
לָרִ֖יק 1x lā·rîq Leviticus 26:20
לָרִ֔יק 1x lā·rîq Isaiah 65:23
רִ֑יק 1x rîq Psalms 4:2
רִ֭יק 1x rîq Psalms 73:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 6x Psalms 2:1, Psalms 4:2, Psalms 73:13, Jeremiah 51:34
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:20, Isaiah 65:23
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular 2x Job 39:16, Isaiah 49:4
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 30:7
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Emptiness as spiritual worthlessness—used of vain labor, false gods, and futile human effort divorced from divine purpose
Source Gloss
emptiness ; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Emptiness as spiritual worthlessness—used of vain labor, false gods, and futile human effort divorced from divine purpose
emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain BDB: emptiness Usage: empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
רִיק is built from this root:
רוּק H7324
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain