Emptily
רֵיקָםStrong’s H7387reqam (re-qam)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Reqam is the Hebrew word usually translated “empty”, “emptily” and “vain”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Vainly, emptilyin empty condition, empty, emptily · in vain, without effect, vainly
How it's translated
- empty 9
- emptily 2
- in vain 2
- and empty 1
- with empty hands 1
- without cause 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Ruth 2
- Psalms 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Genesis 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 3:21And 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 23:15Thou 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 34:20But 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 15:13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
- Deuteronomy 16:16Three 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 1:21I 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?
Hebrew dictionary
רֵיקָם reqam · emptily
1) vainly, emptily 1a) in empty condition, empty, emptily 1b) in vain, without effect, vainly
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.