רָקַב
rakav · rot
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7537 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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rakav (רָקַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rot”.
To rot, to decay; to waste away like wood eaten by worms.
How to say it
ra·kav
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To decay like wood eaten by worms.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is for a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Isaiah 40:20
The one too poor for a contribution chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to make firm a carved image that will not totter.