KJV dictionary & concordance

rot

Meaning of “rot”

To decay, putrefy, waste away, or lose soundness.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

5 occurrences5 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 5:21

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Numbers 5:21

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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;

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Numbers 5:21 · retained source text

Then the Priest shall charge the woman with an othe of cursing, and the Priest shall say vnto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse, and an othe among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell.

1611 marginal noteHebr. fall.

Numbers 5:22

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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.

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1611 witness · Numbers 5:22 · retained source text

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.

Numbers 5:27

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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.

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1611 witness · Numbers 5:27 · retained source text

And when he hath made her to drinke the water, then it shall come to passe, that if shee be defiled, and haue done trespasse 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 shal rot: and the woman shalbe a curse among her people.

Proverbs 10:7

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The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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The memorie of the iust is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

1611 marginal notePsal. 112.6.

Isaiah 40:20

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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.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:20 · retained source text

He that is so impouerished that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare a grauen image that shall not be mooued.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Is poore of oblation.

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1 · KJV context and cross-references

Numbers 5:21 Numbers 5:22 Numbers 5:27 Proverbs 10:7 Isaiah 40:20

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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To lose the natural cohesion and organization of parts; to be decomposed; to putrefy.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 498