Lexicon maqaq: to decay, rot, fester, pine away Original Word: מָקַקPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: maqaq Phonetic Spelling: (maw-kak') Short Definition: rot NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto decay, rot, fester, pine away NASB Translationfester (1), rot (3), rot away (3), rotting away (1), waste away (1), wear away (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ מָקַק] verb decay, rot, fester, figurative pine away (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ( ᵑ7) מְקַק); — Niph`al Perfect3plural נָמַ֫קּוּ Psalm 38:6, ׳וְנ consecutive Isaiah 34:4; Ezekiel 4:17; 2masculine plural וּנֶמַקֹּתֶם consecutive Ezekiel 24:23; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּמַּק Zechariah 14:12; 3masculine plural יִמַּ֫קּוּ Leviticus 26:39, יִמָּ֑קּוּ Leviticus 26:39; 3feminine plural תִּמַּקְנָה Zechariah 14:12; Participle plural נְמַקִּים Ezekiel 33:10; — 1 fester, of wounds Psalm 38:6 ( + הבאישׁ, see באשׁ). 2 rot, rot away, עֵתנָיו תִּמַּקְנָה בְחֹרֵיהֶן וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ תִּמִק בְּפִיֶהם ׃ Zechariah 14:12 (plague upon foes of Jerusalem). 3. moulder away, of צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם Isaiah 34:4 ("" וְנָנֹלוּ כַּסֵּפֶר הַשָּׁמַיִם. 4. of pining away by reason of (בְּ), as punishment for, iniquity Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 33:10; Leviticus 26:39 (twice in verse). Hiph`il Infinitive absolute הָמֵק, transitive בְּשָׂרוֺ ׳ה Zechariah 14:12 a causing his flesh to rot.
Strong's consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish -- consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away. |
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