Strong H7538רָקָב

rottenness

Definition

From H7537; decay (by caries): - rottenness (thing).

rottenness, decay (always fig)

Strong H7538 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Job 13:28
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Hosea 5:12
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Habakkuk 3:16
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.