Quick Definition
to rot
Strong's Definition
to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish
Derivation: ' a primitive root;
KJV Usage: consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away.
TWOT Reference: 1237
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָקַק
mâqaq
BDB 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
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1237
Total KJV Occurrences: 10