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רָקֵב

ra.qav

to rot

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Strong’s H7537Verb2 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

it will rot2

In the text

Proverbs 10:7יִרְקָב
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Isaiah 40:20יִרְקַב
One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[רָקֵב] vb. rot

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.