Mâqaq — H4743

Definition

verb

to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish

1. to decay, pine away, rot, fester
1. (Niphal)
1. to fester (of wounds)
2. to rot, rot away
3. to moulder away
4. to pine away
2. (Hiphil) to cause to rot

Usually translated as

be corrupt, consume away, dissolve, pine away

Origin

' a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• kataphtheírō (G2704)
• rhéō (G4482)
• sḗpō (G4595)
• tḗkō (G5080)

Occurrences

Mâqaq occurs 10 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (3), Zechariah (1)

• Leviticus 26:39 — And they that are left of you shall pine away (יִמַּ֙קּוּ֙) in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
• Leviticus 26:39 — And 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 (יִמָּֽקּוּ) with them.
• Psalms 38:5 — My wounds stink and are corrupt (נָ֭מַקּוּ) because of my foolishness.
• Isaiah 34:4 — And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved (וְנָמַ֙קּוּ֙), 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 4:17 — That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away (וְנָמַ֖קּוּ) for their iniquity.
• Ezekiel 24:23 — And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away (וּנְמַקֹּתֶם֙) for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
• Ezekiel 33:10 — Therefore, 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 (נְמַקִּ֖ים) in them, how should we then live?
• Zechariah 14:12 — And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away (הָמֵ֣ק) while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
• Zechariah 14:12 — And 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 (תִּמַּ֣קְנָה) in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
• Zechariah 14:12 — And 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 (תִּמַּ֥ק) in their mouth.