H7469 - רְעוּת (rᵉʻûwth)

H7469 רְעוּת (rᵉʻûwth) reh-ooth'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

longing

Strong's Definition

a feeding upon, i.e. grasping after

Derivation: probably from H7462 (רָעָה);

KJV Usage: vexation.

TWOT Reference: 2187b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) longing, striving

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

longing, striving Aramaic equivalent: re.ut (רְעוּ "pleasure" H7470)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רְעוּת re‛ûth BDB Definition: 1) longing, striving Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably from H7462 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2187b Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

1:14 2:11 2:17 2:26 4:4 4:6 6:9

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and [what] I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating [that which] he will hand over to one who pleases... God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I saw that all labor and success... spring from... a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better one handful... with tranquility than two handfuls... with toil and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.