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Lexicon :: Strong's H7451 - raʿ

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רַע
Transliteration
raʿ
Pronunciation
rah
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Part of Speech
absolute state masculine plural intensive noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2191a,2191c

Strong’s Definitions

רַע raʻ, rah; from H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):—adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Including feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.)


KJV Translation Count — Total: 663x

The KJV translates Strong's H7451 in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favoured (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 663x
The KJV translates Strong's H7451 in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favoured (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x).
adjective
  1. bad, evil

    1. bad, disagreeable, malignant

    2. bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)

    3. evil, displeasing

    4. bad (of its kind - land, water, etc)

    5. bad (of value)

    6. worse than, worst (comparison)

    7. sad, unhappy

    8. evil (hurtful)

    9. bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)

    10. bad, evil, wicked (ethically)

      1. in general, of persons, of thoughts

      2. deeds, actions

        masculine noun
  2. evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity

    1. evil, distress, adversity

    2. evil, injury, wrong

    3. evil (ethical)

      feminine noun
  3. evil, misery, distress, injury

    1. evil, misery, distress

    2. evil, injury, wrong

    3. evil (ethical)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַע raʻ, rah; from H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):—adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Including feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.)
STRONGS H7451: Abbreviations
I. רַע 226 adjective bad, evil (distinction from noun, and verb Perfect 3rd person masculine singular, is sometimes not easy, and opinions differ); — masculine singular רַע Genesis 6:5 +; רָ֑ע Genesis 31:24 +; plural רָעַים Genesis 13:13 +; construct רָעֵי Ezekiel 7:24 (strike out Co); feminine singular רָעָה Genesis 37:2 + 37 times (this form usually noun), plural רָעוֺת Genesis 28:8 + 14 times; רָעֹת Genesis 41:27 (18 times noun); —
†1. bad, disagreeable, malignant: of a woman, רָעָה בְּעֵינֵי Exodus 21:8 (E; perhaps, with changed accent, verb 3rd person feminine singular רָ֫עָה) disagreeable, unpleasing in the eyes of, plural Genesis 28:8 (P); of poisonous herb 2 Kings 4:41, malignant boils Deuteronomy 28:35; Job 2:7, diseases Deuteronomy 7:15; Deuteronomy 28:59; 2 Chronicles 21:19; Ecclesiastes 6:2, deadly sword Psalm 144:10, arrows Ezekiel 5:16, severe judgments Ezekiel 14:21, wonders Deuteronomy 6:22; מַלְאֲכֵי רָעִים Psalm 78:49 = fierce messengers (of God; Ew§ 287 a Ges§ 130 e), wild beasts Genesis 37:20, 33 (JE) Leviticus 26:6 (H) Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 14:15, 21; Ezekiel 34:25; unclean thing Deuteronomy 23:10.
†2. bad, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery: ימים רעים evil days (of trial and hardship) Genesis 47:9 (P) Proverbs 15:15; עִנְיָן רע Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 5:13; עִנְיַן Ecclesiastes 4:8, compare Ecclesiastes 2:17; Ecclesiastes 9:3; הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָרָע Ecclesiastes 4:3; הדבר הרע evil report Exodus 33:4 (J), so דִּבָּה רָעָה Genesis 37:2 (JE) Numbers 14:37 (P), שׁם רע Deuteronomy 22:14, 19; Nehemiah 6:13, שְׁמוּעָה רָעָה Jeremiah 49:23; Psalm 112:7; of things: painful discipline Proverbs 15:10, evil occurrence 1 Kings 5:18, evil (-bringing) net Ecclesiastes 9:12, instruments Isaiah 32:7: כל הדבר הרע Joshua 23:15 (D) all evil (injurious) things; רַע it is bad, harmful Isaiah 3:11 Jeremiah 2:19; of speech, דבּר, רעאו טוב Genesis 24:50 (J) in proverb, speak bad or good = anything at all, מטוב עד רע Genesis 31:24, 29 (E), לְמֵרָע ועד טוב 2 Samuel 13:22, of the divine spirit as producing an ecstatic state of frenzy and violence 1 Samuel 16:14, 15, 16, 23; 1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Samuel 19:9 (see רוּח 9).
†3. evil, displeasing עָשָׂח רָ֔ע בְּעֵינֵי סַרְנֵי פְלשְׁתִּים 1 Samuel 29:7.
†4. bad of its kind, land Numbers 13:19 (J), place Numbers 20:5 (JE), waters 2 Kings 2:19, figs Jeremiah 24:2, 3(twice in verse); Jeremiah 24:8, kine Genesis 41:3, 4, 19, 20, 21, 27 (E), מוּם רע Deuteronomy 15:21, compare Deuteronomy 17:1.
†5. bad, i.e. of low value Leviticus 27:10 (twice in verse); Leviticus 27:12, 14, 33 (H), compare Malachi 1:8 (twice in verse); רַע רַע יאֹמַר מַקּוֺנֶה Proverbs 20:14 (twice in verse).
†6. + מִן comparative, worse than, 2 Samuel 19:8; as superlative, רָעֵי גוֺיִם Ezekiel 7:24 worst of nations (strike out Co).
†7. sad, unhappy: לֶברָֿע֑ sad heart (compare opposed to טוב, יטב) Proverbs 25:20; of face Genesis 40:7 (E) Nehemiah 2:2; רע לְפָנָיו Nehemiah 2:1.
†8. חָשַׁב מַחֲשֶׁבֶת(ה)רָעָה devise evil (hurtful) device Ezekiel 38:10; Esther 9:25.
†9. bad, unkind, vicious in disposition or temper: וְלֵברָֿ֑ע when the mind is vicious, harmful Proverbs 26:23; רַע עָ֑יִן one evil of eye Proverbs 23:6; Proverbs 28:22; רוּחַ רָעָה Judges 9:23 bad temper.
10. ethically bad, evil, wicked:
†a. in general, אם טוב ואם רע Ecclesiastes 12:14 whether good or bad.
†b. of persons, אושׁ רע 1 Samuel 30:22; אדם רע Psalm 140:2; המן הרע הזה Esther 7:6 this wicked Haman, so רָ֑ע = evil man Psalm 10:15; Job 21:30; Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 24:20, רָעִים = evil men Genesis 13:13 (J) Jeremiah 6:29; Jeremiah 15:21; Ezekiel 30:12; Job 35:12; Proverbs 4:14; Proverbs 12:12; Proverbs 14:19; Proverbs 15:8; רָעוֺת evil women Jeremiah 2:33; שׁכנים רעים Jeremiah 12:14 evil neighbours; of הַדּוֺר Deuteronomy 1:35, הָעָם Jeremiah 13:10; הָעֵדָה Numbers 14:27, 35 (P), המשׁפחה Jeremiah 8:3; רַע בְּעֵינֵי י׳ wicked in the eyes of י׳ Genesis 38:7 (JE) = 1 Chronicles 2:8; עָשָׂה הָרָע בְּעֵינֵי י׳ Numbers 32:13 (R) Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 17:2; Deuteronomy 31:29; Judges 2:11 + 48 times, + (with suffix of God) 2 Kings 21:15; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 7:30; Jeremiah 32:30; Psalm 51:6; 2 Samuel 12:9, probably also Jeremiah 18:10 (read הָרָע for הָרָעָה).
c. of thoughts, יֵצֶר Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:21 (J), הַלֵּב הָרָע Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 11:8; Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 18:12; words, רעות Proverbs 15:28.
d. deeds, actions, עשׂה (כ)דבר הרע Deuteronomy 13:12; Deuteronomy 17:5; Deuteronomy 19:20; Nehemiah 13:17; עשׂה הרעות Jeremiah 3:5; דבר רע Psalm 64:6; Psalm 141:4; Ecclesiastes 8:3, 5; דברים 1 Samuel 2:23; 2 Kings 17:11; דֶּרֶךְ 1 Kings 13:33; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 23:22 + 11 times; דרכים 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Ezekiel 20:44; Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 36:31; Zechariah 1:4; מעשׂינוּ Ezra 9:13; מעללים Zechariah 1:4; Nehemiah 9:35 (compare רֹעַ 4); בֶּצַע רע Habakkuk 2:9; מרוצתם Jeremiah 23:10; (ה)תועבות (ה)רעות Ezekiel 6:11; Ezekiel 8:9 (strike out Co); כִּי רָעוֺת בִּמְגוּרָם Psalm 55:16 for evil deeds are in their dwelling.

II. רַע 126 noun masculineJob 30:26 evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity; — absolute רַע Numbers 11:1 +, בְּרָע Exodus 5:19 +, רָ֑ע Genesis 48:16 +; —
†1. evil, distress, adversity: יָרֵא רַע fear evil Psalm 23:4; Zephaniah 3:15; בּוֺרֵא רָ֑ע Isaiah 45:7 (of God), הביא רע Isaiah 31:2; מתאננים רַע Numbers 11:1 (J) murmuring respecting distress (see Di); אם טוב ואם רע Jeremiah 42:6 whether prosperity or adversity; יוֺם רע Amos 6:3 day of calamity; יְמֵי רע Psalm 49:6; Psalm 94:13; כי טוב קויתי ויבא רע Job 30:26; בְּרָע in adversity Exodus 5:19 (E) Psalm 10:6; בְּרָ֑ע יִפֹּל Proverbs 13:17; אֶרְאֶה בָרָ֑ע Genesis 44:34 (J); בכלרֿע Proverbs 5:14, מכל רע Genesis 48:16 (E) Psalm 121:7; see also Micah 1:12; Psalm 140:12; Job 5:19; Job 31:29 Proverbs 12:21; Proverbs 19:23.
†2. evil, injury, wrong: Habakkuk 2:9; Job 2:10; Proverbs 21:10; עשׂה רע, + עִם person Genesis 31:29 (E); ל person Jeremiah 39:12; as object of חשּׁב Hosea 7:15, חרשׁ Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 12:20; Proverbs 14:22, השׁיב Psalm 54:7, גמל Psalm 7:5; Proverbs 31:12, בקּשׁ Proverbs 17:11, שׁלּם Proverbs 20:22, אמר Psalm 41:6, דבּר Psalm 109:20; דבּר בְּרָע Psalm 73:8 speak about injury; לֹא יִתְנַבֵּא טוֺב כִּי אִם רָ֑ע 1 Kings 22:8, 18 2 Chronicles (2 Chronicles 18:7 לְרָעָמ), 2 Chronicles 18:17 לְרָ֑ע; לרע for harm, injury Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 25:7; Psalm 56:6; Proverbs 1:16; Proverbs 21:12; Ecclesiastes 8:9; רַע יֵרוֺעַ Proverbs 11:15 (but read רֹעַ Gr SS, see Toy).
3. ethical evil, Deuteronomy 30:15; 2 Samuel 14:17; Isaiah 5:20; Amos 5:14; Micah 7:3 + 10 times; עשׁה רע 2 Kings 21:9; 2 Chronicles 12:14; 33:9; Nehemiah 9:28 + 8 times; רע פֹּעֲלֵי Micah 2:1; אהד רע Micah 3:2 (Qr), Psalm 52:5; שׂנא רע Amos 5:15; Psalm 97:10; Proverbs 8:13; מאס רע Psalm 36:5; מאס ברע Isaiah 7:15, 16; בִּעֵר הרע מִן consume evil from Deuteronomy 13:6 + 8 times Deuteronomy; לֹא רְגֻרְךָ רָ֑ע Psalm 5:5 (adjective = evil man Hup De and others); ירע טוב ורע Genesis 2:9, 17; Genesis 3:5, 22 (all J), Deuteronomy 1:39; סר מֵרָע Isaiah 59:15; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 37:27; Proverbs 3:7 + 8 times; כי ברע הוא Exodus 32:22 (J) he is set on evil; רע רשׁעים Psalm 7:10, רע מעללים 1 Samuel 25:3, compare Micah 3:4 (see רֹעַ 3); דִּבְרֵי רָע deeds of evil Jeremiah 5:28; רָ֑ע תַּהְפֻּכוֹת Proverbs 2:14; אֹרַחרע Psalm 119:101; עֲצַת רע Exodus 11:2; מַחְשְׁבוֺת רע Proverbs 15:26; אִישׁ רע Proverbs 29:6; אַנְשֵׁי רע Proverbs 28:5; אֵשֶׁת רע Proverbs 6:24 (but read רֵעַ Gr Bi Toy).

רָעָה 310 noun feminine evil, misery, distress, injury; — absolute ר׳ Genesis 26:29 +; construct רָעַת Genesis 6:5 +; suffix רָֽעָתִי Psalm 35:4 +; רָעָֽתְךָ 1 Kings 2:44 +; רָֽעָתֵכִי Jeremiah 11:15 (text dubious); רָֽעַתְכֶם 1 Samuel 12:17, etc.; plural רָעוֺת Deuteronomy 31:17 +; רָעֹת Jeremiah 44:9; Exodus 23:2; suffix רָעוֺתֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 10:19 +, etc.; —
1. evil, misery, distress: רָעָה פַּחַד Proverbs 1:33, באה (ה)רעה Ezekiel 7:5 (twice in verse); with עַל Isaiah 47:11 (read באה for בא), Jeremiah 5:12 + 5 times; with אֶל Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 51:60; † הביא רעה Jeremiah 4:6; 1 Kings 21:29; + אֶל 2 Samuel 17:14 + 8 times in Kings Jeremiah; + עַל 1 Kings 9:9 2 Chronicles 7:22; Jeremiah 19:3 + 6 times Jeremiah + 8 times; + אֶל and לְ Jeremiah 19:15; Jeremiah 36:31; יוֺם רעה Jeremiah 17:17, 18 + 5 times; יְמֵי העהEcclesiastes 12:1 (i.e., spring days, fatal to old people, Wetzst in DeKoh. 447); רָעוֺת evils Deuteronomy 31:17 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 31:21 (JE), Deuteronomy 32:23 (poem), Psalm 34:20; Psalm 40:13; Psalm 88:4; עֵת רָעָה Amos 5:13; Jeremiah 2:27, 28 + 5 times; ראה ברעה Numbers 11:15 (JE) Obadiah 13; Esther 8:6; 䄰 ראה רעה Jeremiah 44:17; Psalm 90:15; Proverbs 22:3 = Proverbs 27:12; † יפול ברעה Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 28:14; † בְּרָעָה Genesis 44:29 (J) Proverbs 14:32; Proverbs 24:16; Nehemiah 1:3; 1 Chronicles 7:23; Psalm 107:26; ברעותיכם Psalm 141:5; נִחַם עַל רָעָה Exodus 32:12, 14 (J) Jeremiah 8:6 + 6 times; with אֶל 2 Samuel 24:16; Jeremiah 26:3, 13, 19; Jeremiah 42:10.
2. evil, injury, wrong:עשׂה רעה 2 Samuel 12:18; Jeremiah 26:19; Jeremiah 41:11; with עִם Genesis 26:29 (J) Judges 15:3; 2 Samuel 13:16; with את Judges 11:27; with ל 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Kings 2:44 + 4 times; with אֶל Jeremiah 44:7; object of verbs השׁב Genesis 50:20 (E) Jeremiah 36:3; Jeremiah 48:2 + 7 times; † חרשׁ 1 Samuel 23:9; Proverbs 3:29; הֵשִׁיב Genesis 50:15 (E) Judges 9:56, 57 + 4 times; † גמל Genesis 50:17 (E) 1 Samuel 24:18 [1 Samuel 24:17] Isaiah 3:9; Proverbs 3:30; בקשׁ Numbers 35:23 (P) 1 Samuel 24:10 [1 Samuel 24:9] 1 Samuel 25:26 + 4 times; † שׁלּם Genesis 44:4 (J) Jeremiah 18:20; Jeremiah 51:24; Psalm 35:12; Psalm 38:21; לְרָעָה for harm Genesis 31:52; Exodus 23:2 (E) Deuteronomy 29:20; Judges 2:15; 2 Samuel 18:32; Jeremiah 21:10 + 8 times Jeremiah; Amos 9:4; Zechariah 1:15; Proverbs 6:18; Ecclesiastes 5:12; בְּרָעָתֶ֑ךָ 2 Samuel 16:8 in thy mischief; בְּרָעָה Exodus 32:12 (J) for mischief; רָעָה רַבָּה Ecclesiastes 2:21; רָעָה חוֺלָה Ecclesiastes 5:12; Ecclesiastes 5:15.
3. ethical evil, 1 Samuel 12:17, 19; 1 Samuel 24:12; 1 Samuel 26:18; Isaiah 47:10; Jeremiah 2:19 + 13 times Jeremiah, + 18 times, + following: עָשָׂה (הָ)רָעָה Genesis 39:9; Deuteronomy 31:18 (J) + 5 times + Jeremiah 18:10 (Kt, but Qr רע); מַעֲשֵׂה רעה Ecclesiastes 8:11; אהב רעה Micah 3:2 (Kt); שׁוּב מרעה Jeremiah 18:8; Jeremiah 23:14; Jeremiah 44:5; בִּעֵר רעה מ׳ Judges 20:13 (see II. רַע 3); רָעָה מִפְּנֵי Jeremiah 7:12; Jeremiah 44:3; מפגי רָעַתרעתכם Hosea 10:15; בגלל ר׳ Jeremiah 11:17; על כל ר׳ Jeremiah 1:16; Jeremiah 32:32; Jeremiah 33:5; מֵר׳ Psalm 107:34; Jeremiah 12:4; אַנְשֵׁי רָעָה Proverbs 24:1.
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Genesis

2:9; 2:17; 3:5; 3:22; 6:5; 6:5; 6:5; 8:21; 13:13; 13:13; 24:50; 26:29; 26:29; 28:8; 28:8; 31:24; 31:24; 31:29; 31:29; 31:52; 37:2; 37:2; 37:20; 37:33; 38:7; 39:9; 40:7; 41:3; 41:4; 41:19; 41:20; 41:21; 41:27; 41:27; 44:4; 44:29; 44:34; 47:9; 48:16; 48:16; 50:15; 50:17; 50:20

Exodus

5:19; 5:19; 11:2; 21:8; 23:2; 23:2; 32:12; 32:12; 32:14; 32:22; 33:4

Leviticus

26:6; 27:10; 27:12; 27:14; 27:33

Numbers

11:1; 11:1; 11:15; 13:19; 14:27; 14:35; 14:37; 20:5; 32:13; 35:23

Deuteronomy

1:35; 1:39; 4:25; 6:22; 7:15; 9:18; 13:6; 13:12; 15:21; 17:1; 17:2; 17:5; 19:20; 22:14; 22:19; 23:10; 28:35; 28:59; 29:20; 30:15; 31:17; 31:17; 31:18; 31:21; 31:29; 32:23

Joshua

23:15

Judges

2:11; 2:15; 9:23; 9:56; 9:57; 11:27; 15:3; 20:13

1 Samuel

2:23; 6:9; 10:19; 12:17; 12:17; 12:19; 16:14; 16:15; 16:16; 16:23; 18:10; 19:9; 23:9; 24:9; 24:12; 24:17; 25:3; 25:26; 26:18; 29:7; 30:22

2 Samuel

12:9; 12:18; 13:16; 13:22; 14:17; 16:8; 17:14; 18:32; 19:8; 24:16

1 Kings

2:44; 2:44; 5:18; 9:9; 13:33; 21:29; 22:8; 22:18

2 Kings

2:19; 4:41; 17:11; 17:13; 21:9; 21:15

1 Chronicles

2:8; 7:23

2 Chronicles

7:14; 7:22; 12:14; 18:7; 18:17; 21:19; 33:9

Ezra

9:13

Nehemiah

1:3; 2:1; 2:2; 6:13; 9:28; 9:35; 13:17

Esther

7:6; 8:6; 9:25

Job

2:7; 2:10; 5:19; 21:30; 30:26; 30:26; 31:29; 35:12

Psalms

5:5; 7:5; 7:10; 10:6; 10:15; 23:4; 34:15; 34:20; 35:4; 35:12; 36:5; 37:27; 38:21; 40:13; 41:6; 49:6; 51:6; 52:5; 54:7; 55:16; 56:6; 64:6; 73:8; 78:49; 88:4; 90:15; 94:13; 97:10; 107:26; 107:34; 109:20; 112:7; 119:101; 121:7; 140:2; 140:12; 141:4; 141:5; 144:10

Proverbs

1:16; 1:33; 2:14; 3:7; 3:29; 3:30; 4:14; 5:14; 6:14; 6:18; 6:24; 8:13; 11:15; 11:21; 12:12; 12:13; 12:20; 12:21; 13:17; 14:19; 14:22; 14:32; 15:8; 15:10; 15:15; 15:26; 15:28; 17:11; 17:20; 19:23; 20:14; 20:22; 21:10; 21:12; 22:3; 23:6; 24:1; 24:16; 24:20; 25:20; 26:23; 27:12; 28:5; 28:14; 28:22; 29:6; 31:12

Ecclesiastes

1:13; 2:17; 2:21; 4:3; 4:8; 5:12; 5:12; 5:13; 5:15; 6:2; 8:3; 8:5; 8:9; 8:11; 9:3; 9:12; 12:1; 12:14

Isaiah

3:9; 3:11; 5:20; 7:15; 7:16; 31:2; 32:7; 45:7; 47:10; 47:11; 59:7; 59:15; 65:12; 66:4

Jeremiah

1:16; 2:3; 2:19; 2:19; 2:27; 2:28; 2:33; 3:5; 3:17; 4:6; 5:12; 5:28; 6:29; 7:6; 7:12; 7:24; 7:30; 8:3; 8:6; 11:8; 11:15; 11:17; 12:4; 12:14; 13:10; 15:21; 16:12; 17:17; 17:18; 18:8; 18:10; 18:10; 18:11; 18:12; 18:20; 19:3; 19:15; 21:10; 23:10; 23:14; 23:22; 24:2; 24:3; 24:8; 25:7; 26:3; 26:13; 26:19; 26:19; 32:30; 32:32; 33:5; 36:3; 36:31; 39:12; 41:11; 42:6; 42:10; 44:3; 44:5; 44:7; 44:9; 44:17; 48:2; 49:23; 51:24; 51:60

Ezekiel

5:16; 5:17; 6:11; 7:5; 7:24; 7:24; 8:9; 14:15; 14:21; 14:21; 20:44; 30:12; 33:11; 34:25; 36:31; 38:10

Hosea

7:15; 10:15

Amos

5:13; 5:14; 5:15; 6:3; 9:4

Obadiah

1:13

Micah

1:12; 2:1; 3:2; 3:2; 3:4; 7:3

Habakkuk

2:9; 2:9

Zephaniah

3:15

Zechariah

1:4; 1:4; 1:15

Malachi

1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7451 matches the Hebrew רַע (raʿ),
which occurs 664 times in 623 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 13 (Num 14:27–Jdg 9:56)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 -

“How long must I endure this evil community that keeps complaining about me? I have heard the Israelites’ complaints that they make against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:35 -

“I, the LORD, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against me. They will come to an end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:37 -

those men who spread the negative report about the land were struck down by the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 -

“Why have you led us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It’s not a place of grain, figs, vines, and pomegranates, and there is no water to drink! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 -

“If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the LORD’s command, to do anything good or bad of my own will? I will say whatever the LORD says.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 -

“The LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the LORD’s sight was gone.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 -

“or without looking drops a stone that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and didn’t intend to harm him,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:35 -

“‘None of these men in this evil generation will see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:39 -

“Your children, who you said would be plunder, your sons who[fn] don’t yet know good from evil, will enter there. I will give them the land, and they will take possession of it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 -

“When you have children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, and if you act corruptly, make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, angering him,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:22 -

“Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:15 -

“The LORD will remove all sickness from you; he will not put on you all the terrible diseases of Egypt that you know about, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 -

“I fell down like the first time in the presence of the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight and angering him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 -

“That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has urged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the place of slavery, to turn you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. You must purge the evil from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:11 -

“All Israel will hear and be afraid, and they will no longer do anything evil like this among you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 -

“But if there is a defect in the animal, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you may not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 -

“Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or sheep with a defect or any serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2 -

“If a man or woman among you in one of your towns that the LORD your God will give you is discovered doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and violating his covenant

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:5 -

“you are to bring out to your city gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing and stone them to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 -

“The witnesses’ hands are to be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 -

“The person who acts arrogantly, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there serving the LORD your God or to the judge, must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:19 -

“you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:20 -

“Then everyone else will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything evil like this among you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:21 -

“Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. You must purge the evil from you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:14 -

“and accuses her of shameful conduct, and gives her a bad name, saying, ‘I married this woman and was intimate with her, but I didn’t find any evidence of her virginity,’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 -

They will also fine him a hundred silver shekels and give them to the young woman’s father, because that man gave an Israelite virgin a bad name. She will remain his wife; he cannot divorce her as long as he lives.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 -

they will bring the woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 -

“If a man is discovered having sexual relations with another man’s wife, both the man who had sex with the woman and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 -

“take the two of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death ​— ​the young woman because she did not cry out in the city and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s fiancée. You must purge the evil from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:9 -

“When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:7 -

“If a man is discovered kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. You must purge the evil from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:35 -

“The LORD will afflict you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and thighs ​— ​from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 -

“he will bring wondrous plagues on you and your descendants, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 -

“and single him out for harm from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:15 -

“See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 -

“My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us? ’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:18 -

“I will certainly hide my face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 -

“And when many troubles and afflictions come to them, this song will testify against them, because[fn] their descendants will not have forgotten it. For I know what they are prone to do,[fn] even before I bring them into the land I swore to give them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 -

“For I know that after my death you will become completely corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. Disaster will come to you in the future, because you will do what is evil in the LORD’s sight, angering him with what your hands have made.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:23 -

“I will pile disasters on them;

I will use up my arrows against them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:15 -

“Since every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come about, so he will bring on you every bad thing until he has annihilated you from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 -

“But if it doesn’t please you to worship the LORD, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship ​— ​the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11 -

The Israelites did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. They worshiped the Baals

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 -

Whenever the Israelites went out, the LORD was against them and brought disaster on them, just as he had promised and sworn to them. So they suffered greatly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 -

The Israelites did what was evil in the LORD’s sight; they forgot the LORD their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:12 -

The Israelites again did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He gave King Eglon of Moab power over Israel, because they had done what was evil in the LORD’s sight.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:1 -

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD after Ehud had died.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:1 -

The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD handed them over to Midian seven years,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 -

God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem. They treated Abimelech deceitfully,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56 -

In this way, God brought back Abimelech’s evil ​— ​the evil that Abimelech had done to his father when he killed his seventy brothers.


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