Lexical Summary raqab: rottenness, decay Original Word: רָקָבTransliteration: raqab Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kawb') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: rottenness, decay Meaning: rottenness, decay Strong's Concordance rottenness thing From raqab; decay (by caries) -- rottenness (thing). see HEBREW raqab Brown-Driver-Briggs H7538. raqab רָקָב noun [masculine] rottenness, decay (always figurative); — ׳ר absolute; apparently of ravages of worm, in יְהוּדָה בֵּית, in figure Hosea 5:12 ("" עָשׁ), compare Job 13:28 ("" id.); elsewhere of decay of bones, caries (in figurative), ׳ר ׳בְּעַצְמ Habakkuk 3:16; Proverbs 12:4, construct עַצְמ ׳רְקֵב 14:30. |
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