H7538: רָקָב
râqâb · pronounced raw-kawb' · “rottenness”
Definition
decay (by caries)
KJV translates it as: rottenness (thing).
Word origin: from H7537 (רָקַב);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7538 is translated
- rottenness ×4
- is rottenness of ×1
Bible verses with H7538 (râqâb)
Râqâb appears in 5 verses.
- Job 13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
- Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- Hosea 5:12
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- Habakkuk 3:16
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.