Strong's #7469: r`uwth (pronounced reh-ooth')

probably from 7462; a feeding upon, i.e. grasping after:--vexation.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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re‛ûth

1) longing, striving

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: probably from H7462

Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

 

Ecclesiastes 1:14: "the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 2:11: "that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit,"
Ecclesiastes 2:17: "unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 2:26: "God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 4:4: "of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 4:6: "is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 6:9: "of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit."