What does רֵיק · אַיִן · מַיִם mean in the Bible?
רֵיק · אַיִן · מַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "empty, there was no water in it".
Hebrew · H7386, H369, H4325
רֵק אֵין בּוֹ מָיִם
Empty ; figuratively, worthless · a nonentity ; generally used as a negative particle · water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
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רֵיק H7386 empty ; figuratively, worthless
Pronunciation rēyq
Moves from physical emptiness to moral/spiritual worthlessness; characterizes futile human effort without divine purpose
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אַיִן H369 a nonentity ; generally used as a negative particle
Pronunciation ʾayin
Negation rooted in ontological absence: what is "not" fundamentally does not exist or lack substance.
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מַיִם H4325 water ; figuratively, juice ; by euphemism, urine , semen
Pronunciation mayim
Foundational necessity moving from literal substance to bodily fluids; water as life-sustaining element throughout OT narrative and metaphor.
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What does רֵק אֵין בּוֹ מָיִם (req ein bo mayim) mean in the Bible?
רֵיק · אַיִן · מַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "empty, there was no water in it".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7386, H369, H4325?
H7386, H369, H4325 is connected to 1,386 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. empty, there was no water in it
Strong's H7386, H369, H4325
Lexical occurrences 1,386 verses Source Gloss
empty, there was no water in it
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
רֵק אֵין בּוֹ מָיִם is built from this root:
רוּק H7324
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
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