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Hebrew · Strong's H7538

רָקָב

raqabraw-kawb'

decay (by caries)

1890 spelling: râqâb

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

decay (by caries)

Rendered in the KJV as

rottenness (thing).

  • 5
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 4 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 5
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

  • וְכָרָקָ֖ב1
  • וּכְרָקָ֖ב1
  • וּרְקַ֖ב1
  • כְּרָקָ֣ב1
  • רָקָ֛ב1

How it is rendered · 5

  • and [is] like rottenness1
  • and [is] rottenness of1
  • and like the rottenness1
  • like rottenness1
  • rottenness1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 5

  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
  • noun · masculine singular1
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HC/Ncmsc · 1
  • HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
  • HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 1
  • HNcmsa · 1
  • HR/Ncmsa · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).