rek · empty

What it means

rek (רֵיק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “empty”.

Figuratively, worthless, idle.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Hollow; worthless people.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Deuteronomy×1
• Judges×3
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Proverbs×2
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 37:24

  and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

• Genesis 41:27

  And the seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, scorched by the east wind, will be seven years of famine.

• Deuteronomy 32:47

  For it is not an empty word for you; rather it is your life, and by this word you will prolong your days on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there and possess it.”

• Judges 7:16

  He divided the three hundred men into three companies and put horns in the hand of all of them, and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.

• Judges 9:4

  They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, and with them Abimelech hired empty and reckless men, and they followed him.

• Judges 11:3

  Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and there gathered around Jephthah empty men, and they went out with him.

• 2 Samuel 6:20

  David returned to bless his household, and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel has honored himself today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the slave women of his servants, as one of the empty ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”

• 2 Kings 4:3

  He said, “Go, ask for yourself vessels from outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels; do not get just a few.

• 2 Chronicles 13:7

  Empty men, worthless fellows, gathered around him and made themselves strong against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender of heart, and he did not hold firm before them.

• Nehemiah 5:13

  I also shook out my lap and said, “So may Elohim shake out every man who does not fulfill this word, from his house and from his labor; and so may he be shaken out and empty.” And all the assembly said, “Amen.” And they praised YHWH. And the people did according to this word.

• Proverbs 12:11

  Whoever works his ground will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things is lacking in sense.

• Proverbs 28:19

  Whoever works his ground will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things will be satisfied with poverty.

• Isaiah 29:8

  And it will be as when the hungry man dreams, and look, he is eating, and he awakes, and his soul is empty; and as when the thirsty man dreams, and look, he is drinking, and he awakes, and look, he is faint, and his soul longs; so will be the multitude of all the nations that wage war against Mount Zion.

• Ezekiel 24:11

  And set it empty on its coals, so that it may get hot and its bronze may become red-hot, and its uncleanness may melt in its midst, its rust be consumed.