מָקַקmâqaq
decay, rot, fester, pine away
Pronunciation: maw-kak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4743
Meanings
Niph`al
1. fester (Psalms 38:6)
2. rot, rot away (Zechariah 14:12)
3 moulder away (Isaiah 34:4)
4 pining away (Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 33:10)
Hiph`il: causing, to rot (Zechariah 14:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 26:39 Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
- Psalms 38:5 My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.
- Isaiah 34:4 The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled-up scroll. The stars will fall from the sky like withered leaves from a grapevine, or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
- Ezekiel 4:17 Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under their punishment.
- Ezekiel 24:23 Your heads will remain covered, and your sandals will not be taken off. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins. You will groan among yourselves for all the evil you have done.
- Ezekiel 33:10 “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: You are saying, ‘Our sins are heavy upon us; we are wasting away! How can we survive?’
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).