Worthless
רֵיקStrong’s H7386req
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Req is the Hebrew word usually translated “empty”, “unprincipled” and “worthless”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.”
Meaning
- Empty, vainempty (of vessels) · empty, idle, worthless (ethically)
How it's translated
- empty 8
- unprincipled 2
- and empty 2
- the worthless 1
- worthless things 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 3
- Genesis 2
- Proverbs 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 41:27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
- Deuteronomy 32:47For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
- Judges 7:16And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
- Judges 9:4And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
- Judges 11:3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
- 2 Samuel 6:20Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
Hebrew dictionary
רֵיק req · worthless
1) empty, vain 1a) empty (of vessels) 1b) empty, idle, worthless (ethically)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “worthless” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORTHLESS, adjective
- Having no value; as a worthless garment; a worthless ship.
- Having no value of character or no virtue; as a worthless man or woman.
- Having no dignity or excellence; as a worthless magistrate.
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.