STRONGS NUMBER H7538


Word Summary
raqab: rottenness, decay
Original Word: רָקָב
Transliteration: 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

רָקָבnoun [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 ׳בְּעַצְמHabakkuk 3:16; Proverbs 12:4, construct עַצְמ ׳רְקֵב14:30.