מָקַק (māqaq) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning decay. It appears
10 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4743).
Also rendered
to rot
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1237)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1237)decay, rot, fester, pine away; rot away, moulder away, pining away; melt, flow, dwindle, vanish; consume away, be corrupt, dissolve
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָקַקverb: decay, rot, fester, pine away
Niphal
1.fester, of wounds
2.rot, rot away
3.moulder away
4.of pining away by reason of, as punishment for, iniquity
Strong's H4743מָקַק: to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish KJV:consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.