STRONGS NUMBER H7537


Word Summary
raqeb: to rot
Original Word: רָקַב
Transliteration: raqeb
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rot
Meaning: to decay
Strong's Concordance
rot

A primitive root; to decay (as by worm-eating) -- rot.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7537. raqeb

[רָקֵב‎] verb rot (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic רקב‎ in derivatives ); —

Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְקַבIsaiah 40:20 (of tree); figurative יִרְקָ֑ב רְשָׁעִים שֵׁםProverbs 10:7 (Krochm and others יוּקָ֑בbe cursed, √ קבב‎, compare Toy).