H4716: מַק
maq · pronounced mak · “decay”
Definition
properly, a melting, i.e. putridity
KJV translates it as: rottenness, stink.
Word origin: from H4743 (מָקַק);
Extended definition
decay, rottenness
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4716 is translated
- rottenness ×2
Bible verses with H4716 (maq)
Maq appears in 2 verses.
- Isaiah 3:24
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
- Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.