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Strong's numbers

רֵיקָם (H7387)

rêyqâm

ray-kawm'

from רֵיק; emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly; without cause, empty, in vain, void.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

רֵיקָם adv. emptily, vainly
1 in empty condition, empty = with empty hands
2 in vain, without effect

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

16 occurrences

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  • Genesis 31:42
    Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
  • Exodus 3:21
    And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
  • Exodus 23:15
    Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread:(thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
  • Exodus 34:20
    But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
  • Deuteronomy 15:13
    And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
  • Deuteronomy 16:16
    Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
  • Ruth 1:21
    I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
  • Ruth 3:17
    And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
  • 1 Samuel 6:3
    And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
  • 2 Samuel 1:22
    From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.