# רָקָב (raqav)

Israeli respelling: ra-qav. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7538. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

decay (by caries)

King James renderings: rottenness (thing).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/raqav-h7538

## Occurrences

- [Job 13:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/28) — And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
- [Proverbs 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/30) — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- [Hosea 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/5/12) — Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
- [Habakkuk 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 re…