מָקַק
mâqaq · maw-kak'
to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish
Lexicon
Derivation: ' a primitive root;
to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish
- to melt
- figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › what comes behind, the returning cycle › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of what comes behind, the returning cycle of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָקַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall consume away3 · 30%
- of you shall pine away1 · 10%
- shall they pine away1 · 10%
- and are corrupt1 · 10%
- shall be dissolved1 · 10%
- and consume away1 · 10%
- but ye shall pine away1 · 10%
- be upon us, and we pine away1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.