38 occurrences

'Empty' in the Bible

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersEmpty ThingsDry Places

And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsOut Of The EastScorchingThin Bodies

And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerHuman FavourEmpty HandedFavorbridges

Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of Unleavened BreadCelebrationsMonthUnleavened BreadYeastMonth 1Seven DaysLeaving EgyptEmpty HandedRegulations For Passoverthe anniversary Feastsanniversary

But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysLambsRansomRedemption, In Everyday LifeDislocatingEmpty HandedRules About Killing Animals

Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfEmptyingUnclean Things

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

Verse ConceptsEmpty Handed

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

Verse ConceptsFeasting On Special OccasionsLaw, OtPilgrimageWorship, Times ForMen WorshippingEmpty HandedThree Times A YearFestivals Observedvacation

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLampsWarfare, Strategies InThree To Four HundredTrumpets For BattleDividing Into Three GroupsThree Hundred And Above

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

Verse ConceptsemptinessLossPessimismEmpty PeopleFilling PeopleTragedy

And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

Verse ConceptsSix ThingsEmpty HandedOther Volume Measures

And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass OfferingEmpty ThingsGod Heals

Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowEmpty ThingsGone AwayMissing Someone

And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

Verse ConceptsCustomWallsEmpty ThingsPeople Sitting DownSide Of People

And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

Verse ConceptsEmpty ThingsWhy Do People Not Do This?

From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArchers, MenPeople OvercomingKilling Many People

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsNot Helping Widows

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseCompassesNorth And SouthThings FallingWeather In The Last Dayscloudsinvesting

Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Verse ConceptsChaosWasteScattering The PeoplesDestruction Of The World

It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerBeing UnsatisfiedLike A Dream

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Verse ConceptsCisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

Verse ConceptsBreaking Containers

And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

Verse ConceptsForeignersWinnowing

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Verse ConceptsConfusionSnakesStomachsEmpty People

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

Verse ConceptsCopperHeatEmpty ThingsHot ThingsClean ObjectsWeed

Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Search ForVinesAltars, PaganSocial SelfishnessFertile LandObelisksBearing Fruit

She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

Verse ConceptsBodyKneesExpressions On FacesLosing CourageOther References To The Heart

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

Verse ConceptsContinual SinEmptyingPeople Without Mercyrelentless

And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfOlive OilOil For LampsWhat Is This?Speaking AgainWater ChannelOlive TreesMoral Decay

Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

Verse ConceptsPutting In OrderEmpty PeopleMetaphorical HousesSoliloquySweepingIndividuals going homespaceorderDemonic Influence

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Handed

And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsEmpty Handed

And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Handed

Bible Theasaurus

Abandon (107 instances)
Barren (62 instances)
Desert (358 instances)
Deserted (85 instances)
Devoid (13 instances)
Discharge (34 instances)
Slack (23 instances)
Spend (67 instances)
Vacate (1 instance)
Vacuous (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּוּקה 
Buwqah 
Usage: 1

בּקק 
Baqaq 
Usage: 9

פּקד 
Paqad 
Usage: 303

רוּק 
Ruwq 
Usage: 19

ריק 
Riyq 
Usage: 12

רק ריק 
Reyq 
Usage: 14

ריקם 
Reyqam 
Usage: 16

תּהוּ 
Tohuw 
Usage: 20

κενός 
Kenos 
Usage: 15

σχολάζω 
Scholazo 
empty , give self to
Usage: 1

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