רַעְיוֹן
ra.yonstrivingHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine3 occurrences1 book3 verses
Definition
from H7462 in the sense of H7469; desire
Traditional renderings: vexation.
Traditional renderings: vexation.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Ecclesiastes 1:17רַעְי֥וֹן · is a pursuitSo I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן · and strivingFor what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 4:16וְרַעְי֥וֹן · and a pursuitThere is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.