Bible Dictionary: Rot

Jump to: ISBE • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.

2. (v. i.) Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.

3. (v. t.) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.

4. (v. t.) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

5. (n.) Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

6. (n.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.

7. (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ROT; ROTTENNESS

rot, rot'-'-n-nes (verb raqebh, noun raqabh (riqqabhon, Job 41:27), with maq, "decay" (Isaiah 5:24), and `abhash, "shrivel" (so Joel 1:17 the Revised Version margin)): "Rottenness of the bones" (Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 14:30 Habakkuk 3:16) is ulceration (caries) of the bones, used as an example of an intensely painful disease. the King James Version, in addition, has "rot" in Numbers 5:21, 22, 27, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "fall away" (naphal), but a euphemistic paraphrase is in point (see the comms.). In Jeremiah 38:11, 12 the King James Version has "old rotten rags" for melach, "rag" (the Revised Version (British and American) "wornout garments," a translation that specializes too far).

Greek

4595. sepo -- to make corrupt, pass. become corrupt
... become corrupt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sepo Phonetic Spelling:
(say'-po) Short Definition: I cause to rot Definition: I cause to rot, make corrupt ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4595.htm - 6k

2556. kakos -- bad, evil
... 2556 (an adjective, and the root of 2549 , "inner malice") -- properly, inwardly , ();
(figuratively) inner flowing out of a character (= the "rot is already ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2556.htm - 7k

5112. tolmeroteron -- boldly
... boldly. Part of Speech: Adverb, Comparative Transliteration: tolmeroteron Phonetic
Spelling: (tol-may-rot'-er-on) Short Definition: more boldly Definition: more ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5112.htm - 6k

4401. procheirotoneo -- to appoint beforehand
... to appoint beforehand. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: procheirotoneo Phonetic
Spelling: (prokh-i-rot-on-eh'-o) Short Definition: I designate beforehand ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4401.htm - 7k

4550. sapros -- rotten, worthless
... 4550 -- properly, (putrid), over-ripe; (figuratively) (ripened); hence, . "4550 ()
is (akin to , 'to rot'), primarily, of vegetable and animal substances ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4550.htm - 7k

100. hadrotes -- thickness, abundance
... thickness, abundance. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hadrotes Phonetic
Spelling: (had-rot'-ace) Short Definition: lavishness Definition ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/100.htm - 6k

3398. mikros -- small, little
... Including the comparative mikroteros (ik-rot'-er-os) apparently a primary word;
small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity) -- least, less ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3398.htm - 7k

4643. sklerotes -- hardness
... hardness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sklerotes Phonetic Spelling:
(sklay-rot'-ace) Short Definition: hardness of heart Definition: hardness ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4643.htm - 6k

4191. poneroteros -- more wicked.
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: poneroteros Phonetic Spelling:
(pon-ay-rot'-er-os) Short Definition: more wicked Definition: more wicked. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4191.htm - 6k

5500. cheirotoneo -- to vote by stretching out the hand, to ...
... to vote by stretching out the hand, to appoint. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
cheirotoneo Phonetic Spelling: (khi-rot-on-eh'-o) Short Definition: I ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5500.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

7537. raqeb -- to rot
... raqeb. 7538 . to rot. Transliteration: raqeb Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kab') Short
Definition: rot. ... root Definition to rot NASB Word Usage rot (2). rot. ...
/hebrew/7537.htm - 5k

4743. maqaq -- to decay, rot, fester, pine away
... 4742, 4743. maqaq. 4744 . to decay, rot, fester, pine away. Transliteration:
maqaq Phonetic Spelling: (maw-kak') Short Definition: rot. Word Origin a prim. ...
/hebrew/4743.htm - 6k

5307. naphal -- to fall, lie
... palal), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying,
overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite ...
/hebrew/5307.htm - 7k

7060. qamel -- to be decayed
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be decayed NASB Word Usage rot away (1),
withers (1). hew down, wither. A primitive root; to wither -- hew down, wither. ...
/hebrew/7060.htm - 5k

4716. maq -- decay, rottenness
... putrefaction. Word Origin from maqaq Definition decay, rottenness NASB Word
Usage putrefaction (1), rot (1). rottenness, stink. From ...
/hebrew/4716.htm - 6k

Library

The Temptation Rot an Inward One, but the Work of Satan.
... CHAPTER II. IMPORT OF THE TEMPTATION AS A WHOLE. Section 47. The Temptation
rot an inward one, but the Work of Satan. We find, then ...
/.../section 47 the temptation rot.htm

Living as Dead
... It was like a tree which seems all vigorous, but which, when one thrusts
into the heart of it, proves to be pervaded by dry-rot. ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/xli living as dead.htm

Eccles. 12:12 Simplicity in Preaching.
... Once he gave out for his text, "He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation,
chooseth unto him a tree that will not rot" (Isa.40:20). ...
/.../chapter iii eccles 12 12 simplicity.htm

High Doctrine
... God. Leave men to themselves, and the corruption of their nature may fester,
and rot, and breed the fungus of a vile imagination. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/high doctrine.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. vi. 19, "Lay not up for ...
... and says to thee, "What hast thou done?" Thou hast put the corn in the flat soil,
in the lower land; the soil is moist; it will all rot, and thou wilt lose thy ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon x on the words.htm

When a Man Sows, He Expects to Reap.
... Wet soil may rot the seed, or frost may nip the early buds, or the weather may prove
too wet or too dry to bring the crops to maturity, but none of these ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sowing and reaping/chapter iii when a man.htm

Pride Catechized
... that the moon should be darkened, that all springs should be dried, that the very
air itself should disappear,"we could better afford to die, and rot in our ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 46 1900/pride catechized.htm

The Vanity of Idols.
... Are they not without life? Are they not destitute of feeling? Are they not incapable
of motion? Are they not all liable to rot? Are they not all corruptible? ...
/.../the epistle of mathetes to diognetus/chapter ii the vanity of idols.htm

The Jordan Memorial Stone
... testimony now. First note that this memorial was stone. It was not wood, that
would rot, burn up, or float away to the Dead Sea. It was ...
/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter three the jordan memorial.htm

Success.
... When a church begins to rot instead of grow it is natural for us to do our utmost
to find out some way of excusing the retrogression without admitting our ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rees/the heart-cry of jesus/chapter x success.htm

Thesaurus

Rot (15 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural
processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber. ... See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below. ...
/r/rot.htm - 13k

Rottenness (9 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ROT; ROTTENNESS. rot, rot'-'-n-nes (verb
raqebh, noun raqabh (riqqabhon, Job 41:27), with maq, "decay ...
/r/rottenness.htm - 10k

Belly (62 Occurrences)
... of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse
and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy ...
/b/belly.htm - 28k

Rote (1 Occurrence)
...rot: the Revised Version margin gives "learned by rote" in Isaiah 29:13 for the
King James Version "taught," which indicates that the service of Yahweh was ...
/r/rote.htm - 7k

Putrefy (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed;
to cause to rot. ... 4. (vi) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot. ...
/p/putrefy.htm - 7k

Causeth (209 Occurrences)
... Numbers 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to
make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen ...
/c/causeth.htm - 38k

Granaries (7 Occurrences)
... (See JPS RSV NIV). Joel 1:17 The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are
laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered. ...
/g/granaries.htm - 8k

Impoverished (4 Occurrences)
... the LORD. (KJV WBS NIV). Isaiah 40:20 He who is too impoverished for such
an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks ...
/i/impoverished.htm - 7k

Rostrum (1 Occurrence)

/r/rostrum.htm - 7k

Decay (18 Occurrences)
... state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline;
to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as ...
/d/decay.htm - 13k

Bible Concordance

Rot (15 Occurrences)

Exodus 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm therein.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 26:39 Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
(See NAS)

Numbers 5:21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
(KJV)

Numbers 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
(KJV)

Numbers 5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
(KJV)

Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 14:30 The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Isaiah 19:6 And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.
(See NAS RSV)

Isaiah 40:20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 50:2 Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 24:23 Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
(See NAS)

Hosea 5:12 Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 1:17 The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY YLT)

Zechariah 14:12 This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Rot

Related Terms

Rottenness (9 Occurrences)

Belly (62 Occurrences)

Rote (1 Occurrence)

Putrefy (1 Occurrence)

Causeth (209 Occurrences)

Granaries (7 Occurrences)

Impoverished (4 Occurrences)

Rostrum (1 Occurrence)

Decay (18 Occurrences)