Maqaq מָקַק
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| מָקַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | maqaq |
| Strong's number | H4743 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to rot |
| Occurrences | 10 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (3) |
Maqaq (Hebrew מָקַק, Strong's H4743) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to rot”. It occurs 10 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to decay, pine away, rot, fester
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to fester (of wounds)
1a2) to rot, rot away
1a3) to moulder away
1a4) to pine away
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rot
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to fester (of wounds)
1a2) to rot, rot away
1a3) to moulder away
1a4) to pine away
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to rot
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | away (8), corrupt (1), dissolved (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | will rot (3), will waste away (1), will decay (1), festering (1), will be dissolved (1), wasting away (1), you will waste away (1), are wasting away because of them (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Maqaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 26:39And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
Psalms
- Psalm 38:5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 34:4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 4:17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 24:23And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
- Ezekiel 33:10Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
Zechariah
- Zechariah 14:12And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).