רֵיקָם
rêyqâm · ray-kawm'
emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7386 (רֵיק);
emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
- emptily
- figuratively, (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: without cause, empty, in vain, void.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest of the hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֵיקָם 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- empty5 · 31%
- me empty2 · 13%
- not empty2 · 13%
- now empty1 · 6%
- it not empty1 · 6%
- away empty1 · 6%
- him that without cause1 · 6%
- without cause1 · 6%
- unto me void1 · 6%
- in vain1 · 6%
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.