Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7538
רָקָב
ra.qav · “rottenness”
Used 5 times across 4 books
Definition
rottenness, decay (always fig)
Where it appears
Job1
Proverbs2
Hosea1
Habakkuk1
In the text
Job 13:28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.Proverbs 14:30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.Hosea 5:12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.Habakkuk 3:16When 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.
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