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רָקַב

râqab · H7537 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to rot

    A natural process by which certain objects slowly degenerate until they disappear

    Examples

    Isaiah 40:20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.

  2. to be forgotten

    Literally: to rot; hence: process by which certain information gradually disappears from people's minds until it is completely gone

    Examples

    Proverbs 10:7 The mentioning of the righteous is a blessing, But the name of the wicked will rot.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
Non-Exist002002002006
Proverbs 10:7 declares that "the name of the wicked will rot," and Isaiah 40:20 speaks of choosing "a tree that does not rot," both directly attesting the sense of decaying into nothing.
Non-Know002004002008
Proverbs 10:7's image of a rotting name (in contrast to a blessed one that is remembered) connects this decay to fading from memory or being forgotten.
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רָקַבrâqab · H7537רָקָב râqâb · H7538 · rottenness, weakness · 5×רִקָּבוֹן riqqâbôwn · H7539 · rottenness · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7537. raqeb [רָקֵב] verb rot (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic רקב in derivatives ); — Qal…
H7537. raqeb
[רָקֵב] verb rot (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic רקב in derivatives ); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְקַב Isa 40:20 (of tree); figurative יִרְקָ֑ב רְשָׁעִים שֵׁם Pro 10:7 (Krochm and others יוּקָ֑ב be cursed, √ קבב, compare Toy).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Non-Exist1 occurrenceNon-Know1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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