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Lexicon
raqab: To rot, decay, decompose

Original Word: רָקָב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: raqab
Pronunciation: rah-KAB
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kawb')
KJV: rottenness (thing)
NASB: rottenness, decay, rotten thing
Word Origin: [from H7537 (רָקַב - rot)]

1. decay (by caries)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
rottenness thing

From raqab; decay (by caries) -- rottenness (thing).

see HEBREW raqab

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from raqeb
Definition
rottenness, decay
NASB Translation
decay (1), rotten thing (1), rottenness (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
רָקָב noun [masculine] rottenness, decay (always figurative); — ׳ר absolute; apparently of ravages of worm, in בֵּית יְהוּדָה, in figure Hosea 5:12 ("" עָשׁ), compare Job 13:28 ("" id.); elsewhere of decay of bones, caries (in figurative), ׳בְּעַצְמ ׳ר Habakkuk 3:16; Proverbs 12:4, construct ׳רְקֵב עַצְמ Proverbs 14:30.

Forms and Transliterations
וְכָרָקָ֖ב וּכְרָקָ֖ב וּרְקַ֖ב וכרקב ורקב כְּרָקָ֣ב כרקב רָקָ֛ב רקב kə·rā·qāḇ keraKav kərāqāḇ rā·qāḇ raKav rāqāḇ ū·ḵə·rā·qāḇ ū·rə·qaḇ ucheraKav ūḵərāqāḇ ureKav ūrəqaḇ vecharaKav wə·ḵā·rā·qāḇ wəḵārāqāḇ
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Englishman's Concordance
Job 13:28
HEB: וְ֭הוּא כְּרָקָ֣ב יִבְלֶ֑ה כְּ֝בֶ֗גֶד
NAS: While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment
KJV: And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth,
INT: he A rotten I am decaying A garment

Proverbs 12:4
HEB: עֲטֶ֣רֶת בַּעְלָ֑הּ וּכְרָקָ֖ב בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יו מְבִישָֽׁה׃
NAS: But she who shames [him] is like rottenness in his bones.
KJV: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
INT: is the crown of her husband rottenness his bones shames

Proverbs 14:30
HEB: לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃
NAS: But passion is rottenness to the bones.
KJV: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
INT: heart A tranquil is rottenness to the bones passion

Hosea 5:12
HEB: כָעָ֖שׁ לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְכָרָקָ֖ב לְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה׃
NAS: to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house
KJV: of Judah as rottenness.
INT: A moth to Ephraim rottenness to the house of Judah

Habakkuk 3:16
HEB: שְׂפָתַ֔י יָב֥וֹא רָקָ֛ב בַּעֲצָמַ֖י וְתַחְתַּ֣י
NAS: quivered. Decay enters
KJV: at the voice: rottenness entered
INT: my lips enters Decay my bones my place

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7538
5 Occurrences


kə·rā·qāḇ — 1 Occ.
rā·qāḇ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·rā·qāḇ — 1 Occ.
ū·rə·qaḇ — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵā·rā·qāḇ — 1 Occ.

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