רוּק
rûwq · rook
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] arm, cast out, draw (out), (make) empty, pour forth (out).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle
The head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רוּק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and i will draw out3 · 16%
- and they shall draw2 · 11%
- he armed1 · 5%
- and it came to pass as they emptied1 · 5%
- upon them; i will draw1 · 5%
- and will draw out1 · 5%
- i did cast them out1 · 5%
- draw out1 · 5%
- they empty1 · 5%
- poured forth1 · 5%
- to make empty1 · 5%
- and hath not been emptied1 · 5%
- and shall empty1 · 5%
- shall they therefore empty1 · 5%
- empty1 · 5%
- and pour you out1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.