רִיק (rîq) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning emptiness. It appears
12 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7385).
Also rendered
vain
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2161b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2161b)emptiness, vanity; worthless, in vain; empty, to no purpose, vain
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רִיקnoun, masculine: emptiness, vanity
Strong's H7385רִיק: emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain KJV:empty, to no purpose, (in) vain (thing), vanity.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2161: רִיקrîq — make empty, empty out; empty; pour out, down; draw; be emptied out; pour; cast out, pour forth