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Spittle

רֹקStrong’s H7536

roq

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Roq is the Hebrew word usually translated “spittle my” and “spittle”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?”
Job 7:19 KJV
Meaning
  1. Spittle
How it's translated
  • spittle my 1
  • spittle 1
  • and spittle 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 2
  • Isaiah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

רֹק roq · spittle

spittle

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “spittle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SPITTLE, noun

[from spit.]

  1. Saliva; the thick moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands and ejected from the mouth.
  2. A small sort of spade. [spaddle.]
All definitions and other forms of “spittle”

    SPITTLE, verb transitive

    To dig or stir with a small spade. [Local.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.