Raqav רָקָב

Raqav (Hebrew רָקָב, Strong's H7538) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “rottenness”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Raqav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

• Job 13:28
  And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 12:4
  A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
• Proverbs 14:30
  A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Hosea

• Hosea 5:12
  Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:16
  When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).