Lexical Definition

‎רִיק‎ rîyq (reek) vain ^H:N-M
from ‎רוּק‎

empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.

• emptiness
• figuratively, a worthless thing
• adverbially, in vain

1) emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain

See Greek: κενός · κενῶς · ματαιότης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: רֵיק

‎רִיק‎ noun [masculine] emptiness, vanity; — chiefly in adverb phrase ‎לְרִיק‎ Isa 46:4; Job 39:16 in vain (of labour without benefit), so ‎׳‎‎לָר‎ Lev 26:16; Lev 26:20 (H), Isa 65:23 and as adverb accusative ‎רִיק‎ Isa 30:7; Ps 73:13, probably also Ps 2:1 (most = empty scheme as ‎רֵיק‎ 2) compare Ps 4:3* (read probably ‎רֵיק‎); ‎בְּדֵי דִיק‎ Jer 51:58 = Hab 2:13. — Jer 51:34 see ‎רֵיק‎

1. above

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