KJV dictionary & concordance
State of being decayed or putrid; cariousness; putrefaction; unsoundness.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Proverbs 12:4
Complete exact-word concordance
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A vertuous woman is a crowne to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed, is as rottennesse in his bones.
1611 marginal note1.Cor. 11.7.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
A sound heart, is the life of the flesh: but enuie, the rottennesse of the bones.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the LORD of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel.
1611 marginal noteHebr. the tongue of fire.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth: and to the house of Iudah as rottennesse.
1611 marginal noteOr, a worme
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
When I heard, my belly trembled: my lips quiuered at the voice: rottennesse entred into my bones, and I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when hee commeth vp vnto the people, he wil inuade them with his troupes.
1611 marginal noteOr, cut them in pieces.
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Historical English dictionary sources
State of being decayed or putrid; cariousness; putrefaction; unsoundness.
