# H7538 רָקָב

רָקָב (râqâb), Strong’s H7538: decay (by caries) KJV: rottenness (thing).. Occurs 5 times.

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*râqâb* — decay (by caries)

KJV: rottenness (thing).

Derived from [רָקַב râqab](https://besorah.bible/word/H7537) (to decay)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- רָקָב n.[m.] rottenness, decay

## Where it occurs
- [Hosea 5:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/5?v=12) — Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
- [Habakkuk 3:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/habakkuk/3?v=16) — I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my…
- [Proverbs 12:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/12?v=4) — A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
- [Proverbs 14:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/14?v=30) — The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
- [Job 13:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/13?v=28) — though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.