7387. reqam

Strong's Concordance

reqam: emptily, vainly

Original Word: רֵיקָם
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: reqam
Phonetic Spelling: (ray-kawm')
Definition: emptily, vainly

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from riq
Definition
emptily, vainly
NASB Translation
empty (6), empty-handed (8), without cause (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רֵיקָם adverb emptily, vainly; —

1 in empty condition, empty = with empty hands; with verb of sending Genesis 31:42 (E), Deuteronomy 15:13; 1 Samuel 6:3; Job 22:9; of going forth Exodus 3:21, returning Ruth 1:21; Ruth 3:17; = without an offering, ׳לֹא יֵרָאוּ פָנַי ד Exodus 23:15 (E) = Exodus 34:20 (J), more fully Deuteronomy 16:16 (compare [פָנֶה] II.

2 ראה

Niph`al 1 b).

2 in vain, without effect : with שׁוּב 2 Samuel 1:22 (poem), Isaiah 55:11; Jeremiah 14:3 (but see רֵיק

1), Jeremiah 50:9; probably also ׳צוֺרֲרִי ר Psalm 7:5 those who were my adversaries in vain (without success); ׳הַבּוֺגְדִים ר Psalm 25:3 that deal treacherously in vain <in both most without cause).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

without cause, empty, in vain, void

From reyq; emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly -- without cause, empty, in vain, void.

see HEBREW reyq

Forms and Transliterations

וְרֵיקָ֖ם וריקם רֵיקָ֑ם רֵיקָ֔ם רֵיקָ֖ם רֵיקָ֣ם רֵיקָֽם׃ ריקם ריקם׃ rê·qām reiKam rêqām vereiKam wə·rê·qām wərêqām

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 31:42
HEB: כִּ֥י עַתָּ֖ה רֵיקָ֣ם שִׁלַּחְתָּ֑נִי אֶת־
NAS: you would have sent me away empty-handed. God
KJV: had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God
INT: surely now empty-handed have sent my affliction

Exodus 3:21
HEB: לֹ֥א תֵלְכ֖וּ רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: you will not go empty-handed.
KJV: ye shall not go empty:
INT: you will not go empty-handed

Exodus 23:15
HEB: יֵרָא֥וּ פָנַ֖י רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: shall appear before Me empty-handed.
KJV: before me empty:)
INT: shall appear before empty-handed

Exodus 34:20
HEB: יֵרָא֥וּ פָנַ֖י רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: shall appear before Me empty-handed.
KJV: And none shall appear before me empty.
INT: shall appear before empty-handed

Deuteronomy 15:13
HEB: לֹ֥א תְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: you shall not send him away empty-handed.
KJV: from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
INT: shall not send empty-handed

Deuteronomy 16:16
HEB: פְּנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: before the LORD empty-handed.
KJV: before the LORD empty:
INT: before the LORD empty-handed

Ruth 1:21
HEB: מְלֵאָ֣ה הָלַ֔כְתִּי וְרֵיקָ֖ם הֱשִׁיבַ֣נִי יְהוָ֑ה
NAS: has brought me back empty. Why
KJV: hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call
INT: accomplish went empty has brought the LORD

Ruth 3:17
HEB: אַל־ תָּב֥וֹאִי רֵיקָ֖ם אֶל־ חֲמוֹתֵֽךְ׃
NAS: to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'
KJV: to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
INT: about go empty nay to your mother-in-law

1 Samuel 6:3
HEB: תְּשַׁלְּח֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ רֵיקָ֔ם כִּֽי־ הָשֵׁ֥ב
NAS: do not send it empty; but you shall surely
KJV: send it not empty; but in any wise
INT: nay away empty for shall surely

2 Samuel 1:22
HEB: לֹ֥א תָשׁ֖וּב רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: of Saul did not return empty.
KJV: of Saul returned not empty.
INT: did not return empty

Job 22:9
HEB: אַ֭לְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹע֖וֹת יְתֹמִ֣ים
NAS: away empty, And the strength
KJV: widows away empty, and the arms
INT: widows have sent empty and the strength of the orphans

Psalm 7:4
HEB: וָאֲחַלְּצָ֖ה צוֹרְרִ֣י רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,
KJV: with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
INT: have plundered was my adversary without

Psalm 25:3
HEB: יֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ הַבּוֹגְדִ֥ים רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.
KJV: which transgress without cause.
INT: will be ashamed deal without

Isaiah 55:11
HEB: יָשׁ֥וּב אֵלַ֖י רֵיקָ֑ם כִּ֤י אִם־
NAS: It will not return to Me empty, Without
KJV: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish
INT: return to me empty for lo

Jeremiah 14:3
HEB: שָׁ֤בוּ כְלֵיהֶם֙ רֵיקָ֔ם בֹּ֥שׁוּ וְהָכְלְמ֖וּ
NAS: with their vessels empty; They have been put to shame
KJV: with their vessels empty; they were ashamed
INT: have returned their vessels empty have been and humiliated

Jeremiah 50:9
HEB: לֹ֥א יָשׁ֖וּב רֵיקָֽם׃
NAS: Who does not return empty-handed.
KJV: expert man; none shall return in vain.
INT: does not return empty-handed

16 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7387
16 Occurrences

rê·qām — 15 Occ.
wə·rê·qām — 1 Occ.