To empty
רִיקStrong’s H7324ruq
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ruq is the Hebrew word usually translated “draw”, “drew out” and “emptying”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?”
Meaning
- To make empty, empty out(Hiphil) · (Hophal) to be emptied out
How it's translated
- i will draw 4
- and they will draw 2
- and he drew out 1
- emptying 1
- and i will draw 1
- i poured out them 1
- and draw out 1
- they will pour out 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 5
- Genesis 2
- Psalms 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Exodus 1
- Leviticus 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
- Genesis 42:35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
- Exodus 15:9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
- Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
- Psalms 18:42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
- Psalms 35:3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Hebrew dictionary
רִיק ruq · to empty
1) to make empty, empty out 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to empty, keep empty or hungry 1a2) to pour out or down 1a3) to empty out 1b) (Hophal) to be emptied out
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “empty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EMP'TY, adjective
- Containing nothing, or nothing but air; as an empty chest; empty space; an empty purse is a serious evil.
- Evacuated; not filled; as empty shackles.
- Unfurnished; as an empty room.
- Void; devoid.
All definitions and other forms of “empty”
- Void; destitute of solid matter; as empty air.
- Destitute of force or effect; as empty words.
- Unsubstantial; unsatisfactory; not able to fill the mind or the desires.
- Not supplied; having nothing to carry.“They beat him, and sent him away empty” Mark 12:3
- Hungry.
- Unfurnished with intellect or knowledge; vacant of head; ignorant; as an empty coxcomb.
- Unfruitful; producing nothing.“Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind” Genesis 41:27
- Wanting substance; wanting solidity; as empty dreams.
- Destitute; waste; desolate.
- Without effect.“The sword of Saul returned not empty” 2 Samuel 1:22
- Without a cargo; in ballast; as, the ship returned empty
EMP'TY, verb transitive
To exhaust; to make void or destitute; to deprive of the contents; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
- To pour out the contents.“The clouds empty themselves on the earth” Ecclesiastes 11:3
- To waste; to make desolate. Jeremiah 51:2
EMP'TY, verb intransitive
To pour out or discharge its contents.
- To become empty
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.