רָקָב
râqâb · raw-kawb'
decay (by caries)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7537 (רָקַב);
decay (by caries)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: rottenness (thing).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within
The head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָקָב 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he, as a rotten thing1 · 20%
- is as rottenness1 · 20%
- the rottenness1 · 20%
- as rottenness1 · 20%
- rottenness1 · 20%
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.