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Lexicon :: Strong's H7455 - rōaʿ

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רֹעַ
Transliteration
rōaʿ
Pronunciation
ro'-ah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2191b

Strong’s Definitions

רֹעַ rôaʻ, ro'-ah; from H7489; badness (as marring), physically or morally:—× be so bad, badness, (× be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H7455 in the following manner: evil (11x), wickedness (3x), bad (1x), badness (1x), naughtiness (1x), sorrow (1x), sadness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H7455 in the following manner: evil (11x), wickedness (3x), bad (1x), badness (1x), naughtiness (1x), sorrow (1x), sadness (1x).

  1. badness, evil

    1. badness, bad quality

    2. wilfulness

    3. evil, badness (ethical)

    4. sadness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֹעַ rôaʻ, ro'-ah; from H7489; badness (as marring), physically or morally:—× be so bad, badness, (× be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.
STRONGS H7455: Abbreviations
† רֹעַ noun [masculine] badness, evil; — ר׳ absolute Genesis 41:19 4 times Jeremiah; construct Hosea 9:15 13 times; —
1. badness, bad quality, of cattle Genesis 41:19 (E), figs Jeremiah 24:2,3,8; Jeremiah 29:17.
2. wilfulness, רֹעַ לבב 1 Samuel 17:28 (Gerber161makes 2 and 4 [infinitive of] verb).
3. ethical, evil, badness, only in phrase: רֹעַ מעללים evil of doings Deuteronomy 28:20; Isaiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 21:12; Jeremiah 23:2,22; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 44:22; Hosea 9:15; Psalm 28:4 (compare רַע מעללים 1 Samuel 25:3).
4. sadness, פָּנִים ר׳ Ecclesiastes 7:3, לֵב ר׳ Nehemiah 2:3 (compare [רָעַע] 2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:19; 41:19

Deuteronomy

28:20

1 Samuel

17:28; 25:3

Nehemiah

2:3

Psalms

28:4

Ecclesiastes

7:3

Isaiah

1:16

Jeremiah

4:4; 21:12; 23:2; 23:22; 24:2; 24:3; 24:8; 25:5; 26:3; 29:17; 44:22

Hosea

9:15; 9:15

H7455

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7455 matches the Hebrew רֹעַ (rōaʿ),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - and seven other cows came up after them, poor and very gaunt and thin, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:20 - "The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and frustration, in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly, on account of the evil of your doings, because you have forsaken me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - Now Eli'ab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eli'ab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption, and the evil of your heart; for you have come down to see the battle."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sadness of the heart." Then I was very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:4 - Requite them according to their work, and according to the evil of their deeds; requite them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 - Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil doings.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:22 - But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - And the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I said, "Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - "But thus says the LORD: Like the bad figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat Zedeki'ah the king of Judah, his princes, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:5 - saying, 'Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and wrong doings, and dwell upon the land which the LORD has given to you and your fathers from of old and for ever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may repent of the evil which I intend to do to them because of their evil doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:17 - 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I am sending on them sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - The LORD could no longer bear your evil doings and the abominations which you committed; therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels.
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