Strong H4743מָקַק
to rot
- Transliteration
- mâqaq
- Pronunciation
- maw-kak'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to melt; figuratively to {flow} {dwindle } vanish: - consume {away} be {corrupt} {dissolve} pine away.
Detailed 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
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
In the Bible
Strong H4743 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pine4
- consume2
- be1
- dissolve1
First verses
- Leviticus 26:39And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
- Psalms 38:5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
- Isaiah 34:4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
- Ezekiel 4:17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 24:23And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
- Ezekiel 33:10Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
- Zechariah 14:12And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.