Quick Definition
to empty
Strong's Definition
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] arm, cast out, draw (out), (make) empty, pour forth (out).
TWOT Reference: 2161
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רִיק (ruq) — to empty. 1) to make empty, empty out 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to empty, keep empty or hungry 1a2) to pour out or down 1a3) to empty out 1b) (Hophal) to be emptied out
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רִיק · רֵיק · רֵיקָם
Non-Contain | verb hif
to empty, to pour out = causative action by which humans empty out a container holding liquids, dry substances, or other objects
GEN 42:35 · SNG 1:3 · JER 48:11 · JER 48:12 · HAB 1:17 · MAL 3:10
Non-Contain | verb hif
to draw, to unsheath = causative action by which humans draw their sword from its sheath
EXO 15:9 · LEV 26:33 · PSA 35:3 · EZK 5:2 · EZK 5:12 · EZK 12:14 · EZK 28:7 · EZK 30:11
Dissociate | verb hif
to muster literally: to pour out; hence: = action by which humans select people from a group for a certain purpose
Flow
to pour out, to discharge, to feed literally: to empty itself out; hence: = process by which liquids flow from a storage area
Hunger | verb hif
Collocation: ריק נֶפֶשׁ
to leave hungry literally: to leave (someone's) throat empty; hence: = causative action by which humans fail to provide food for the hungry
1 PSA 18:43 MT אְַרִיקֵם RSV NRSV ESV "I cast them out" NIV CEV "I poured them out" | NJPS "I trod them flat" NJB "trample them" GNT "I trample on them" CEV "I squashed them" = אְַדִקֵּם; see also 2SA 22:43
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רִיק] vb. Hiph. make empty, empty out empty vessels
pour out or down, rain
empty out (i.e. draw) sword
Hoph. be emptied out from vessel
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