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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Empty

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

38exact KJV occurrences 33Old Testament 5New Testament 21books containing the word 10mapped Strong's IDs 37occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 31:42

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.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Luke 20:11

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

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where empty appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7387
רֵיקָם

rêyqâm · ray-kawm'

12 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

adv

emptily; figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly

Strong's KJV usage: without cause, empty, in vain, void.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 31:42Strong's last: Jeremiah 14:3

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HebrewH6485
פָּקַד

pâqad · paw-kad'

3 times translated as this KJV form304 total Strong's occurrences

v n-m

to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.

Strong's KJV usage: appoint, × at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, × by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, × surely, visit, want.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 20:18Strong's last: 1 Samuel 20:27

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GreekG4980
σχολάζω

scholázō · skhol-ad'-zo

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figuratively, to be vacant (of a house)

Strong's KJV usage: :--empty, give self.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 12:44Strong's last: Matthew 12:44

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HebrewH950
בּוּקָה

bûwqâh · boo-kaw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

emptiness (as adjective)

Strong's KJV usage: empty.

Strong's first: Nahum 2:10Strong's last: Nahum 2:10

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HebrewH6437
פָּנָה

pânâh · paw-naw'

1 times translated as this KJV form135 total Strong's occurrences

v

to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.

Strong's KJV usage: appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).

Strong's first: Leviticus 14:36Strong's last: Leviticus 14:36

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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38 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Jeremiah 48:12
H7324

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.

Jeremiah 51:2
H1238

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.

Jeremiah 51:34
H7385

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.

Ezekiel 24:11
H7386

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.

Hosea 10:1
H1238

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.

Nahum 2:10
H950

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.

Habakkuk 1:17
H7324

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

Zechariah 4:12
H7324

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?

Matthew 12:44
G4980

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.

Mark 12:3
G2756

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

Luke 1:53
G2756

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Luke 20:10
G2756

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.

Luke 20:11
G2756

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

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

empty

EMP'TY, adjective

1. Containing nothing, or nothing but air; as an empty chest; empty space; an empty purse is a serious evil.

2. Evacuated; not filled; as empty shackles.

3. Unfurnished; as an empty room.

4. Void; devoid.

In civility thou seemest so empty

5. Void; destitute of solid matter; as empty air.

6. Destitute of force or effect; as empty words.

7. Unsubstantial; unsatisfactory; not able to fill the mind or the desires. The pleasures of life are empty and unsatisfying.

Pleased with empty praise.

8. Not supplied; having nothing to carry.

They beat him, and sent him away empty Mark 12:3.

9. Hungry.

My falcon now is sharp and passing empty

10. Unfurnished with intellect or knowledge; vacant of head; ignorant; as an empty coxcomb.

11. Unfruitful; producing nothing.

Israel is an empty vine. Hosca 10.

Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Genesis 41:27.

12. Wanting substance; wanting solidity; as empty dreams.

13. Destitute; waste; desolate.

Nineveh is empty Nahum 2.

14. Without effect.

The sword of Saul returned not empty 2 Samuel 1:22.

15. Without a cargo; in ballast; as, the ship returned empty

EMP'TY, verb transitive To exhaust; to make void or destitute; to deprive of the contents; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.

1. To pour out the contents.

The clouds empty themselves on the earth. Ecclesiastes 11:3.

Rivers empty themselves into the ocean.

2. To waste; to make desolate. Jeremiah 51:2.

EMP'TY, verb intransitive To pour out or discharge its contents.

The Connecticut empties into the Sound.

1. To become empty

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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