24 occurrences in 11 translations

'Rot' in the Bible

So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers they will rot away with them.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheOffspringParents SinPeople RottingSurvivors Threatened

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;

Verse ConceptsWasteThighsSwellingPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

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.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodThighsAmenSwelling

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.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground,

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubbleAnd dry grass collapses into the flame,So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust;For they have rejected the law of the Lord of hostsAnd despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

The canals will emit a stench,The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;The reeds and rushes will rot away.

Verse ConceptsReedsSmellsCanalsNature DecayingBrooks

and all the host of heaven shall rot. And the skies shall roll up like scroll, and all their host shall wither like the withering of a leaf from a vine, or like [the] withering from a fig tree.

Verse ConceptsdrynessAstronomyHost Of HeavenScrollsSkyStarsVinesFigsThe Universe DestroyedNature DecayingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer

He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityWisdom, Human NaturedissatisfactionMotionlessnessSkilled PeopleNo DecayMoving Oncraftsmanshipimage

Why was no one there when I came?Why was there no one to answer when I called?Is My hand too short to redeem?Or do I have no power to deliver?Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke;I turn the rivers into a wilderness;their fish rot because of lack of waterand die of thirst.

Verse ConceptsdrynessProvidenceRebukeSeaThe Shortness Of TimeGod's WeaknessGod Drying Things UpNo One AvailableOthers Not Answering

Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim, king of Judah, "He will have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his corpse will be thrown out to rot during the heat of the day and the frost of the night.

Verse ConceptsHeatFrostNo BurialsThe Dynasty Of David

because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity.

Verse ConceptsWasteFamine ComingNo Water For PeopleSin Brings SicknessFamine Will Come

"'Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.

Verse ConceptsRootsUnfruitfulnessMany EnemiesPlants Growing UpEasy For People

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it.

Verse ConceptsPossessions DecayingPots For Cooking And EatingWoe To Israel And JerusalemTaking PossessionsWeedpot

Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.

Verse ConceptsCopperHeatEmpty ThingsHot ThingsClean ObjectsWeed

It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!

Verse ConceptsPossessions Decaying

Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep, but you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another.

Verse ConceptsShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearNot Mourning

So I am like rot to Ephraimand like decay to the house of Judah.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsPeople RottingPeople Eaten By Worm

The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

Verse ConceptsBarnsGrainStoringTitles And Names Of Ministers

This will be the plague the Lord strikes all the peoples with, who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

Verse ConceptsPeople RottingSocketsEyes HarmedDiseaseSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Bible Theasaurus

Molder (1 instance)
Putrefaction (5 instances)
Rotting (7 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלח 
Malach 
Usage: 2

מק 
Maq 
Usage: 2

נפל 
Naphal 
Usage: 434

עבשׁ 
`abash 
Usage: 1

רקב 
Raqab 
rot
Usage: 2

רקב 
Raqab 
Usage: 5

רקּבון 
Riqqabown 
Usage: 1

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