רַע
evil
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘trans.’
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 14 distinct
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 259 times (39%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 212 times (32%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 69 times (10%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 44 times (7%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 34 times (5%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 15 times (2%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct 10 times (2%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 9 times (1%)
+6 more forms (14 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 666 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 4 — showing verses 201–400 of 623 distinct verses where H7451 appears, across 36 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
2 Kings 32 verses
- 2 Kings 21:9 הָ/רָ֔ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms But they didn't listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
- 2 Kings 21:12 רָעָ֔ה n c fs therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.
- 2 Kings 21:15 הָ/רַע֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.
- 2 Kings 21:16 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 21:20 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father.
- 2 Kings 22:16 רָעָ֛ה n c fs Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants of it, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.
- 2 Kings 22:20 הָֽ/רָעָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They brought the king word again.
- 2 Kings 23:32 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.
- 2 Kings 23:37 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.
- 2 Kings 24:9 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father had done.
- 2 Kings 24:19 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
1 Chronicles 4 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 רַ֛ע adj Adjective ms The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 מֵּ/רָעָ֖ה prep + n c fs Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow! God granted him that which he requested.
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 בְ/רָעָ֖ה prep + n c fs He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 הָֽ/רָעָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2 Chronicles 21 verses
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 הָ/רָעִ֑ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 7:22 הָ/רָעָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs They shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil on them.
- 2 Chronicles 12:14 הָ/רָ֑ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to seek Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 18:7 לְ/רָעָ֔ה prep + n c ms The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh: but I hate him; for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. Jehoshaphat said, Don't let the king say so.
- 2 Chronicles 18:17 לְ/רָֽע prep + Adjective Adjective ms The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Didn't I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
- 2 Chronicles 18:22 רָעָֽה n c fs Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you.
- 2 Chronicles 20:9 רָעָ֗ה n c fs If evil come on us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.
- 2 Chronicles 21:6 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 21:19 רָעִ֑ים adj Adjective mp It happened, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. His people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 22:4 הָ/רַ֛ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
- 2 Chronicles 25:19 בְּ/רָעָ֔ה prep + n c fs You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to [your] hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 הָ/רַ֛ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs.
- 2 Chronicles 33:2 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, after the abominations of the nations whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:6 הָ/רַ֛ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.
- 2 Chronicles 33:9 רָ֔ע adj Adjective ms Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:22 הָ/רַע֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the engraved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24 רָעָ֛ה n c fs Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants of it, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 34:28 הָֽ/רָעָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of it. They brought back word to the king.
- 2 Chronicles 36:5 הָ/רַ֔ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Jehoiakim was Twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 הָ/רַ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 36:12 הָ/רַ֔ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God; he didn't humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Yahweh.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 13 verses
- Nehemiah 1:3 בְּ/רָעָ֥ה prep + n c fs They said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.
- Nehemiah 2:1 רַ֖ע adj Adjective ms It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [before] sad in his presence.
- Nehemiah 2:2 רָעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp The king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.
- Nehemiah 2:10 רָעָ֣ה n c fs When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
- Nehemiah 2:17 הָ/רָעָה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs Then said I to them, You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
- Nehemiah 6:2 רָעָֽה n c fs that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in [one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
- Nehemiah 6:13 רָ֔ע adj Adjective ms For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
- Nehemiah 9:28 רַ֖ע adj Adjective ms But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times did you deliver them according to your mercies,
- Nehemiah 9:35 הָ/רָעִֽים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and fat land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
- Nehemiah 13:7 בָ/רָעָ֗ה prep det + n c fs and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
- Nehemiah 13:17 הָ/רָ֤ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?
- Nehemiah 13:18 הָ/רָעָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Didn't your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.
- Nehemiah 13:27 הָ/רָעָ֤ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
Esther 6 verses
- Esther 7:6 הָ/רָ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- Esther 7:7 הָ/רָעָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine [and went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
- Esther 8:3 רָעַת֙ n c fs cs Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
- Esther 8:6 בָּ/רָעָ֖ה prep det + n c fs for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?
- Esther 9:2 רָֽעָתָ֑/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen on all the peoples.
- Esther 9:25 הָ/רָעָ֛ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs but when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Job 15 verses
- Job 1:1 מֵ/רָֽע prep + Adjective Adjective ms There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
- Job 1:8 מֵ/רָֽע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
- Job 2:3 מֵ/רָ֑ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
- Job 2:7 רָ֔ע adj Adjective ms So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
- Job 2:10 הָ/רָ֖ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.
- Job 2:11 הָ/רָעָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
- Job 5:19 רָֽע adj Adjective ms He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
- Job 20:12 רָעָ֑ה n c fs "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
- Job 21:30 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
- Job 22:5 רָעָֽתְ/ךָ֣ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
- Job 28:28 מֵ/רָ֣ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"
- Job 30:26 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Job 31:29 רָֽע adj Adjective ms "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
- Job 35:12 רָעִֽים adj Adjective mp There they cry, but none gives answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
- Job 42:11 הָ֣/רָעָ֔ה ptcl def.art + n c fs Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
Psalms 64 verses
- Psalms 5:4 רָֽע adj Adjective ms For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.
- Psalms 7:4 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (Yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
- Psalms 7:9 רַ֨ע adj Adjective ms cs Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the righteous; Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
- Psalms 10:6 בְ/רָֽע prep + Adjective Adjective ms He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken; For generations I shall have no trouble."
- Psalms 10:15 וָ֝/רָ֗ע conj + Adjective Adjective ms Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
- Psalms 15:3 רָעָ֑ה n c fs He who doesn't slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his friend, Nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
- Psalms 21:11 רָעָ֑ה n c fs For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.
- Psalms 23:4 רָ֗ע adj Adjective ms Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalms 27:5 רָ֫עָ֥ה n c fs For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tent he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
- Psalms 28:3 וְ֝/רָעָ֗ה conj + n c fs Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
- Psalms 34:13 מֵ/רָ֑ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking lies.
- Psalms 34:14 מֵ֭/רָע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
- Psalms 34:16 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, To cut off the memory of them from the earth.
- Psalms 34:19 רָע֣וֹת n c fp cs Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Psalms 34:21 רָעָ֑ה n c fs Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
- Psalms 35:4 רָעָתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
- Psalms 35:12 רָ֭עָה n c fs They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.
- Psalms 35:26 רָעָ֫תִ֥/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
- Psalms 36:4 רָ֝֗ע adj Adjective ms He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good; He doesn't abhor evil.
- Psalms 37:19 רָעָ֑ה n c ms They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Psalms 37:27 מֵ֭/רָע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Depart from evil, and do good; Live securely forever.
- Psalms 38:12 רָ֭עָתִ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.
- Psalms 38:20 רָ֭עָה n c fs They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, Because I follow what is good.
- Psalms 40:12 רָע֡וֹת n c fp For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
- Psalms 40:14 רָעָתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
- Psalms 41:1 רָ֝עָ֗ה n c fs Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
- Psalms 41:5 רַ֣ע adj Adjective ms My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"
- Psalms 41:7 רָעָ֣ה n c fs All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
- Psalms 49:5 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms Why should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
- Psalms 50:19 בְ/רָעָ֑ה prep + n c fs "You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.
- Psalms 51:4 וְ/הָ/רַ֥ע conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Against you, and you only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in your sight; That you may be proved right when you speak, And justified when you judge.
- Psalms 52:1 בְּ֭/רָעָה prep + n c fs Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.
- Psalms 52:3 רָּ֣ע adj Adjective ms You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
- Psalms 54:5 הָ֭/רַע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.
- Psalms 55:15 רָע֖וֹת n c fp Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
- Psalms 56:5 לָ/רָֽע prep det + Adjective Adjective ms All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
- Psalms 64:5 רָ֗ע adj Adjective ms They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"
- Psalms 70:2 רָעָתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
- Psalms 71:13 רָעָתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
- Psalms 71:20 וְ/רָ֫ע֥וֹת conj + Adjective Adjective fp You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, You will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
- Psalms 71:24 רָעָתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, For they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
- Psalms 73:8 בְ/רָ֣ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
- Psalms 78:49 רָעִֽים adj Adjective mp He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, And a band of angels of evil.
- Psalms 88:3 בְ/רָע֣וֹת prep + n c fp For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
- Psalms 90:15 רָעָֽה n c fs Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, For as many years as we have seen evil.
- Psalms 91:10 רָעָ֑ה n c fs No evil shall happen to you, Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
- Psalms 94:13 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
- Psalms 94:23 וּ/בְ/רָעָתָ֥/ם conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.
- Psalms 97:10 רָ֥ע adj Adjective ms You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 101:4 רָ֝֗ע adj Adjective ms A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
- Psalms 107:26 בְּ/רָעָ֥ה prep + n c fs They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
- Psalms 107:34 מֵ֝/רָעַ֗ת prep + n c fs cs And a fruitful land into a salt waste, For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
- Psalms 107:39 רָעָ֣ה n c fs Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
- Psalms 109:5 רָ֭עָה n c fs They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
- Psalms 109:20 רָ֝֗ע adj Adjective ms This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, Of those who speak evil against my soul.
- Psalms 112:7 רָ֭עָה adj Adjective fs He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
- Psalms 119:101 רָ֭ע adj Adjective ms I have kept my feet from every evil way, That I might observe your word.
- Psalms 121:7 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.
- Psalms 140:1 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;
- Psalms 140:2 רָע֣וֹת n c fp Those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
- Psalms 140:11 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Psalms 141:4 רָ֡ע adj Adjective ms Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
- Psalms 141:5 בְּ/רָעוֹתֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 3mp Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
- Psalms 144:10 רָעָֽה adj Adjective fs You are he who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
Proverbs 64 verses
- Proverbs 1:16 לָ/רַ֣ע prep det + n c ms For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
- Proverbs 1:33 רָעָֽה n c fs But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, And will be at ease, without fear of harm."
- Proverbs 2:12 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms To deliver you from the way of evil, From the men who speak perverse things;
- Proverbs 2:14 רָ֑ע רָֽע adj Adjective ms adj Adjective ms Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;
- Proverbs 3:7 מֵ/רָֽע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
- Proverbs 3:29 רָעָ֑ה n c fs Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you.
- Proverbs 3:30 רָעָֽה n c fs Don't strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.
- Proverbs 4:14 רָעִֽים adj Adjective mp Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
- Proverbs 4:27 מֵ/רָֽע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Don't turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
- Proverbs 5:14 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms I have come to the brink of utter ruin, In the midst of the gathered assembly."
- Proverbs 6:14 רָ֣ע adj Adjective ms In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.
- Proverbs 6:18 לָֽ/רָעָה prep det + n c fs A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
- Proverbs 6:24 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
- Proverbs 8:13 רָ֥ע רָ֭ע adj Adjective ms adj Adjective ms The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
- Proverbs 11:15 רַע adj Adjective ms He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, But he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
- Proverbs 11:19 רָעָ֣ה n c fs He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.
- Proverbs 11:21 רָּ֑ע adj Adjective ms Most assuredly, the evil man will not be unpunished, But the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
- Proverbs 11:27 רָעָ֣ה n c fs He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, But he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
- Proverbs 12:12 רָעִ֑ים adj Adjective mp The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, But the root of the righteous flourishes.
- Proverbs 12:13 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
- Proverbs 12:20 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, But joy comes to the promoters of peace.
- Proverbs 12:21 רָֽע adj Adjective ms No mischief shall happen to the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
- Proverbs 13:17 בְּ/רָ֑ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms A wicked messenger falls into trouble, But a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
- Proverbs 13:19 מֵ/רָֽע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, But fools detest turning from evil.
- Proverbs 13:21 רָעָ֑ה n c fs Misfortune pursues sinners, But prosperity rewards the righteous.
- Proverbs 14:16 מֵ/רָ֑ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms A wise man fears, and shuns evil, But the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
- Proverbs 14:19 רָ֭עִים adj Adjective mp The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
- Proverbs 14:22 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms Don't they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
- Proverbs 14:32 בְּֽ֭/רָעָת/וֹ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.
- Proverbs 15:3 רָעִ֥ים adj Adjective mp Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
- Proverbs 15:10 רָ֭ע adj Adjective ms There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: Whoever hates reproof shall die.
- Proverbs 15:15 רָעִ֑ים adj Adjective mp All the days of the afflicted are wretched, But one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
- Proverbs 15:26 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
- Proverbs 15:28 רָעֽוֹת n c fp The heart of the righteous weighs answers, But the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
- Proverbs 16:4 רָעָֽה n c fs Yahweh has made everything for its own end-- Yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- Proverbs 16:6 מֵ/רָֽע prep + Adjective Adjective ms By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
- Proverbs 16:17 מֵ/רָ֑ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
- Proverbs 16:27 רָעָ֑ה n c fs A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
- Proverbs 16:30 רָעָֽה n c fs One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, One who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
- Proverbs 17:11 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms An evil man seeks only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
- Proverbs 17:13 רָ֭עָה רָ֝עָ֗ה n c fs n c fs Whoever rewards evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
- Proverbs 17:20 בְּ/רָעָֽה prep + n c fs One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, And one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 19:23 רָֽע adj Adjective ms The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; He rests and will not be touched by trouble.
- Proverbs 20:8 רָֽע adj Adjective ms A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters away all evil with his eyes.
- Proverbs 20:14 רַ֣ע רַ֭ע adj Adjective ms adj Adjective ms "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
- Proverbs 20:22 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms Don't say, "I will pay back evil." Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
- Proverbs 20:30 בְּ/רָ֑ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms Wounding blows cleanse away evil, And beatings purge the innermost parts.
- Proverbs 21:10 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
- Proverbs 21:12 לָ/רָֽע prep det + Adjective Adjective ms The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.
- Proverbs 22:3 רָעָ֣ה n c fs A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- Proverbs 23:6 רַ֣ע adj Adjective ms cs Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, And don't crave his delicacies:
- Proverbs 24:1 רָעָ֑ה n c fs Don't be envious of evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
- Proverbs 24:16 בְ/רָעָֽה prep + n c fs For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
- Proverbs 24:20 לָ/רָ֑ע prep det + Adjective Adjective ms For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
- Proverbs 25:20 רָֽע adj Adjective ms As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, Or vinegar on soda, So is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
- Proverbs 26:23 רָֽע adj Adjective ms Like silver dross on an earthen vessel Are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
- Proverbs 26:26 רָעָת֣/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms His malice may be concealed by deception, But his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
- Proverbs 27:12 רָעָ֣ה n c fs A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it:
- Proverbs 28:5 רָ֭ע adj Adjective ms Evil men don't understand justice; But those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
- Proverbs 28:10 רָ֗ע adj Adjective ms Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.
- Proverbs 28:14 בְּ/רָעָֽה prep + n c fs Blessed is the man who always fears; But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 28:22 רַ֣ע adj Adjective ms cs A stingy man hurries after riches, And doesn't know that poverty waits for him.
- Proverbs 29:6 רָ֣ע adj Adjective ms An evil man is snared by his sin, But the righteous can sing and be glad.
- Proverbs 31:12 רָ֑ע adj Adjective ms She does him good, and not harm, All the days of her life.
Ecclesiastes 27 verses
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The Hebrew word רע centers on the idea of “evil.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 2:9. It appears 623 verses across 36 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. It clusters with רעע, מרע and רע under a shared root. Dig into 623-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H7451 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 623
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 623 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #73
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 73 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 623 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 312 verses · 50%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 221 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 90 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 6 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Evil 308×, Wickedness 39×, Was evil 26×
- American Standard Version†: Evil 241×, Was evil 51×, Wickedness 32×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Evil 247×, Disaster 72×, Harm 28×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Evil 341×, Harm 49×, Bad 34×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7451 across 657† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 118 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7451 across 655† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 165 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7451 across 651† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 98 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 13 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7451 across 644† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
36 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
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BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 36 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
רע I pasture, tend, graze (Assyrian rêʾû vb. pasture, n. ruler, TelAm. ruh̬i (as Canaanism) WklNo. 181, 11
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְרָעָה Mi 5:3 +, 1 s. sf. consec. וּרְעִיתִים Ez 34:13, 3 pl. sf. consec. וְרָעוּם Je 23:4, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְעֶה Is 27:10 +, juss. יֵרַע Jb 20:26, sf. יִעֶנָּה ψ 80:14, וַיִּרְעֵם ψ 78:72 (וַיִּר׳ Hiph. van d. H.), etc.; Imv. ms. רְעֵה Mi 7:14 +, sf. רְעֵם ψ 28:9; fs. רְעִי Ct 1:8; mpl. רְעוּ Gn 29:7; Inf. cstr. לִרְעוֹת 37:12 +, etc.; Pt. רֹעֶה 30:36 +, sf. רֹעִי ψ 23:1 +; fs. רֹעָה Gn 29:9 Pr 25:19, etc.;— e.g. Micah 5:3
- 1. trans.
- a. pasture, tend (pascere), lit., c. acc. צֹאן Gn 30:31, 36; 37:12 (all J), Ex 3:1 (E), 1 S 17:15; 25:16 Is 61:5, acc. of asses Gn 36:24 (P), kids Ct 1:8; acc. (צפּאן) om. Gn 29:7; 37:13 (ב loc.) v 16 (all J), Ct 1:7 (‖ חִרְבִּיץ), Jb 24:2 (𝔊 Me Siegf Bu וְרֹעוֹ);—metaph. גֹּרֶן וָיֶקֶב לֹא יִרְעֵם Ho 9:2, but read יֵדָעֵם 𝔊 We Now GASm; מָוֶת יִרְעֵם ψ 49:15. e.g. Genesis 30:31
- b. fig. of י׳, acc. pers., Gn 48:15 (E) God, who shepherded me; c. acc. of people, as flock Ho 4:16 Is 40:11 Mi 7:14 (בְּשִׁבְטֶ֑ן), Ez 34:13 (pregn., c. אֶל loc.), v 14, 15 (+ הִרְבִּיץ), v 16 ψ 28:9. e.g. Genesis 48:15
- c. fig. of ruler, and teacher, acc. of people, as flock, 2 S 5:2 = 1 Ch 11:2; 2 S 7:7 = 1 Ch 17:6, ψ 78:72 Je 3:15; 23:2, 4; Ez 34:2, 3, 8, 10, 23(×2); Zc 11:4, 7(×2), 9; of guiding, שִׂפְתֵי צַדִּיק יִרְעוּ רַבִּים Pr 10:21; c. ב of people ψ 78:71; abs. Mi 5:3; c. acc. pers. reflex. pastured (fed, enriched) themselves Ez 34:2, 8, 10 e.g. 2 Samuel 5:2
- d. especially pt. רֹעֶח, etc., as subst. = shepherd, herdsman: (1) lit., רֹעֵה צֹאן Gn 4:2; 46:32, 34; 47:3 (all J), רֹעֶח בַּצּ׳ 37:2 (E), 1 S 16:11; 17:34; רֹעֵי מִקְנֶה Gn 13:7(×2) (J); (ה)ר׳ alone, sg. Am 3:12 + 7 times (all in sim.); רֹעָה shepherdess, Gn 29:9 (J); כִּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִילִי Zc 11:15 (v. כְּלִי 2 c), as symbol; pl. (הָ)רֹעִים Am 1:2; Ex 2:17, 19 (J), 1 S 21:8 (אַבִּיר הָר׳; Gr Dr Bu Kit Löhr א׳ הָרָצִים; 𝔊 LagBN 45 HPS אֹבִּיל הָעֲיָרִים, but cf. We) + 8 times + Is 31:4 (sim.), 38:12 (read רֹעִים for רֹעִי Perles29 Du CheHpt cf. Di), cf. (sf.) Gn 13:8(×2) (J); כְּלִי הָרֹעִים 1 S 17:40 (v. כְּלִי 3);—בֵּית־עֵקֶד הָרֹעִים, v. p. 112. (2) fig. of ruler (as often Assyrian; cf. Gk. (Homer) ποιμένα λαῶν), abs. sg. Je 17:16 fig. of prophet (but Aq Symm 𝔖 Gie Du Co מֵרָעָה). Zc 10:2; 11:16; 13:7b + 8 times Je Ez; sf. of י׳, דֹעִי Is 44:28 (of Cyrus), Zc 13:7a (read רֹעִי הָאֱוִילִי We Now GASm); abs. pl. Is 56:11; Je 2:8; 3:15; Mi 5:4 Zc 10:3; 11:5, 8 + 18 times Je Ez 34, + (of Assyrian leaders) Na 3:18; רֹעֵי יִשׂ׳ Ez 34:2; רֹעֵי צֹאנוֹ Is 63:11 (but read רֹעֵה [of Moses] 𝔊 𝔗 Di Du al.). (3) epith. of י׳: י׳ רֹעִי ψ 23:1, רֹעֵה יִשׂ׳ 80:2, רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשׂ׳, Gn 49:24 (poem in J; read cstr. רֹעֵה, cf. Comm.); מֵרֹעֶה אֶחָד Ec 12:11 DeWild, president of assembly of sages Siegf SS e.g. Genesis 4:2
- 2. intrans. feed, graze:
- a. lit. of cows, sheep, etc.: c. ב loc. Gn 41:2, 18 (E), 1 Ch 27:29; c. acc. of pasture Is 30:23; c. עַל loc. Zp 2:7 (עֲלֵי הַיָּם for MT עֲלֵיהֶם, v. Now); אֶל־מוּל loc. Ex 34:3 (J); abs. Is 5:17; 11:7 (‖ רבץ; but v. II. רעה infr.) 27:10 (‖ id.), 65:25 Jon 3:7; Jb 1:14. e.g. Genesis 41:2
- b. fig. of idolater, Is 44:20 he feedeth on ashes (acc.); cf. Ho 12:2 Ephr. feedeth on wind (acc.); פִּי כְסִילִים יִר׳ אִוֶּלֶת Pr 15:14 (so Vrss Qr; Kt פני for פי) the mouth of fools feeds on folly (Toy; Buhl √ II. רעה, Gerber 162 sub III. רעה); in Ct, c. ב loc., fig. of lover Ct 2:16; 6:2, 3; of breasts (like gazelles) 4:5. e.g. Isaiah 44:20
- c. fig., of Isr. as flock Is 14:30 (‖ רבץ), read (י—ַ)בְּכָרִי in my pasture(s), for MT בְּכוֹרֵי, Koppe Ew Di Du (otherwise CheHpt., cf. Marti); Zp 3:13 (‖ id.); c. עַל־דְּרָכִים Is 49:9; c. acc. of pasture-land Je 50:19; Mi 7:14; Ez 34:14b (+ אֶל loc.), v 18, 19; hence crop, strip, i.e. devastate, of conqueror, c. acc. of land Mi 5:5, cf. אֶת־יָדוֹ Je 6:3; so יִרְעוּךְ קָדְקֹד 2:16; acc. of Isr. under fig. of vine (subj. foes, as beasts) ψ 80:14. e.g. Isaiah 14:30
- d. subj. wind, c. acc. pers. Je 22:22, i.e. drive them away; subj. fire, c. acc. rei, יֵרַע Jb 20:26, but read perhaps יֵרָע, Niph. (Ol Di Hoffm Siegf Bu; otherwise Du).—רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה 24:21 is difficult; Bu הֵרַע for ר׳; more radical conj. in Du. e.g. Jeremiah 22:22
Niphal
- poss. Jb 20:26, v. 2 d supr. e.g. Job 20:26
Hiphil
- ψ 78:72 van d. H., v. 1 c supr. e.g. Psalms 78:72
רע II ob. associate with (cf. Schulthess69 ff. but also NöZMG liv (1900), 154 f.
Qal
- Imv. ms. וּרְעֵה אֱמוּנָה ψ 37:3 cherish faithfulness (Hup-Now RV Che Du Dr); > feed securely (Bae; i. רעה; feed on (his) faithfulness Am RV); Pt. רֹעֶה כְסִילִים Pr 13:20 one associating with fools, so ר׳ זֹלְלִים 28:7, ר׳ זוֹנוֹת 29:3 (Thes al. think these fig. from I. רעה, v. 2 b). e.g. Psalms 37:3
Hithpael
- 2 ms. אַל־תִּתְרַע אֶת־בַּעַל אָ֑ף Pr 22:24 do not make companionship with a bad-tempered man; perhaps also 3 fpl. תִּתְרָעֶינָה Is 11:7 (LagOr i. 21; Deceased Wife’s Sister 399 Brd Du CheHpt) cow and bear shall be each other’s companions; + Inf. cstr. הִתְרָעֹת Pr 18:24 (Toy, for MT הִתְרֹעֵעַ) there are [יֵשׁ for אִישׁ] friends (merely) to be companions (v. II. רעע ad fin.). e.g. Proverbs 22:24
רע III denom.
Piel
- be a special friend;—Pf. 3 ms. מֵרֵעֵהוּ אֲשֶׁר רֵעָה לוֹ Ju 14:20 his comrade who had been ‘best man’ (GFM) to him. e.g. Judges 14:20
רע IV I. רַע226 adj. bad, evil (distinction from n., and vb. Pf. 3 ms., is sometimes not easy, and opinions differ)
- 1. bad, disagreeable, malignant: of a woman, רָעָה בְּעֵינֵי Ex 21:8 (E; perhaps, with changed accent, vb. 3 fs. רָ֫עָה) disagreeable, unpleasing in the eyes of, pl. Gn 28:8 (P); of poisionous herb 2 K 4:41, malignant boils Dt 28:35; Jb 2:7, diseases Dt 7:15; 28:59; 2 Ch 21:19 Ec 6:2, deadly sword ψ 144:10, arrows Ez 5:16, severe judgments 14:21, wonders Dt 6:22; מַלְאֲכֵי רָעִים ψ 78:49 = fierce messengers (of God; Ew§ 287 a Ges§ 130 e), wild beasts Gn 37:20, 33 (JE) Lv 26:6 (H) Ez 5:17; 14:15, 21; 34:25; unclean thing Dt 23:10. e.g. Exodus 21:8
- 2. bad, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery: ימים רעים evil days (of trial and hardship) Gn 47:9 (P) Pr 15:15; עִנְיָן רע Ec 1:13; 5:13; עִנְיַן 4:8, cf. 2:17; 9:3; הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָרָע 4:3; הדבר הרע evil report Ex 33:4 (J), so דִּבָּה רָעָה Gn 37:2 (JE) Nu 14:37 (P), שׁם רע Dt 22:14, 19; Ne 6:13, שְׁמוּעָה רָעָה Je 49:23 ψ 112:7; of things: painful discipline Pr 15:10, evil occurrence 1 K 5:18, evil(-bringing) net Ec 9:12, instruments Is 32:7: כל הדבר הרע Jos 23:15 (D) all evil (injurious) things; רַע it is bad, harmful Is 3:11; Je 2:19; of speech, דבּר, רע או טוב Gn 24:50 (J) in prov., speak bad or good = anything at all, טטוב עד רע 31:24, 29 (E), לְמֵרָע ועד טוב 2 S 13:22, of the divine spirit as producing an ecstatic state of frenzy and violence 1 S 16:14, 15, 16, 23; 18:10; 19:9 (see רוּחַ 9). e.g. Genesis 47:9
- 3. evil, displeasing עָשָׂה רָ֔ע בְּעֵינֵי סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים 1 S 29:7. e.g. 1 Samuel 29:7
- 4. bad of its kind, land Nu 13:19 (J), place 20:5 (JE), waters 2 K 2:19, figs Je 24:2, 3(×2), 8, kine Gn 41:3, 4, 19, 20, 21, 27 (E), מוּם רע Dt 15:21, cf. 17:1. e.g. Numbers 13:19
- 5. bad, i. e. of low value Lv 27:10(×2), 12, 14, 33 (H), cf. Mal 1:8(×2); רַע רַע יֹאמַר הַקּוֹנֶה Pr 20:14(×2). e.g. Leviticus 27:10
- 6. + מִן comp., worse than, 2 S 19:8; as superl., רָעֵי גוֹיִם Ez 7:24 worst of nations (del. Co). e.g. 2 Samuel 19:8
- 7. sad, unhappy: לֶב־רָ֑ע sad heart (cf. opp. טוב, יטב) Pr 25:20; of face Gn 40:7 (E) Ne 2:2; רע לְפָנָין v 1. e.g. Proverbs 25:20
- 8. הָשַׁב מַחֲשֶׁבֶת(ה)רָעָה devise evil (hurtful) device Ez 38:10; Est 9:25. e.g. Ezekiel 38:10
- 9. bad, unkind, vicious in disposition or temper: וְלֵב־רָ֑ע when the mind is vicious, harmful Pr 26:23; רַע עָ֑יִן one evil of eye Pr 23:6; 28:22; רוּחַ רָעָה Ju 9:23 bad temper. e.g. Proverbs 26:23
- 10. ethically bad, evil, wicked:
- a. in gen., אם טוב ואם רע Ec 12:14 whether good or bad. e.g. Ecclesiastes 12:14
- b. of persons, אישׁ רע 1 S 30:22; אדם רע ψ 140:2; המן הרע הזה Est 7:6 this wicked Haman, so רָ֑ע = evil man ψ 10:15, Jb 21:30; Pr 11:21; 12:13; 24:20, רָעִים = evil men Gn 13:13 (J) Je 6:29; 15:21; Ez 30:12 Jb 35:12; Pr 4:14; 12:12; 14:19; 15:3; רָעוֹת evil women Je 2:33; שׁכנים רעים 12:14 evil neighbours; of הַדּוֹר Dt 1:35, הָעָם Je 13:10; הָעֵדָה Nu 14:27, 35 (P), המשׁפחה Je 8:3; רַע כְּעֵינֵי י׳ wicked in the eyes of י׳ Gn 38:7 (JE) = 1 Ch 2:3; עָשָׂה הָרָע בְּעֵינֵי י׳ Nu 32:13 (R) Dt 4:25; 9:18; 17:2; 31:29; Ju 2:11 + 48 times, + (c. sf. of God) 2 K 21:15 Is 65:12; 66:4; Je 7:30; 32:30 ψ 51:6; 2 S 12:9, prob. also Je 18:10 (read הָרָע for הָרָעָה). e.g. 1 Samuel 30:22
- c. of thoughts, יֵצֶר Gn 6:5; 8:21 (J), הַלֵּב הָרָע Je 3:17; 7:24; 11:8; 16:12; 18:12; words, רעות Pr 15:28. e.g. Genesis 6:5
- d. deeds, actions, עשׂה (כ)דבר הרע Dt 13:12; 17:5; 19:20; Ne 13:17; עשׂה הרעות Je 3:5; דבר רע ψ 64:6; 141:4 Ec 8:3, 5; דברים 1 S 2:23; 2 K 17:11; דֶּרֶךְ 1 K 13:33; Je 18:11; 23:22 + 11 times; דרכים 2 K 17:13; 2 Ch 7:14; Ez 20:44; 33:11; 36:31; Zc 1:4; מעשׂינוּ Ezr 9:13; מעללים Zc 1:4 Ne 9:35 (cf. רֹעַ 4); בֶּצַע רע Hb 2:9; מרוצתם Je 23:10; (ה)תועבות (ה)רעות Ez 6:11; 8:9 (del. Co); כִּי רָעוֹת בִּמְגוּרָם ψ 55:16 for evil deeds are in their dwelling. e.g. Deuteronomy 13:12
רע V
- 1. evil, distress, adversity: יָרֵא רַע fear evil ψ 23:4 Zp 3:15; בּוֹרֵא רָ֑ע Is 45:7 (of God), הביא רע 31:2; מתאננים רַע Nu 11:1 (J) murmuring respecting distress (see Di); אם טוב ואם רע Je 42:6 whether prosperity or adversity; יוֹם רע Am 6:3 day of calamity; יְמֵי רע ψ 49:6; 94:13; כי טוב קויתי ויבא רע Jb 30:26; בְּרָע in adversity Ex 5:19 (E) ψ 10:6; יִפֹּל בְּרָ֑ע Pr 13:17; אֶרְאֶה בָרָ֑ע Gn 44:34 (J); בכל־רע Pr 5:14, מכל רע Gn 48:16 (E) ψ 121:7; v. also Mi 1:12 ψ 140:12 Jb 5:19; 31:29; Pr 12:21; 19:23. e.g. Psalms 23:4
- 2. evil, injury, wrong: Hb 2:9; Jb 2:10; Pr 21:10; עשׂה רע, + עִם pers. Gn 31:29 (E); ל pers. Je 39:12; as obj. of חשּׁב Ho 7:15, חרשׁ Pr 6:14; 12:20; 14:22, השׁיב ψ 54:7, גמל 7:5 Pr 31:12, בקּשׁ 17:11, שׁלּם 20:22, אמר ψ 41:6, דבּר 109:20; דבּר בְּרָע 73:8 speak about injury; לֹא יִתְנַכֵּא טוֹב כִּי אִם רָ֑ע 1 K 22:8, 18 = 2 Ch (18:7 לְרָעָה), 18:17 לְרָ֑ע; לרע for harm, injury Is 59:7; Je 7:6; 25:7 ψ 56:6 Pr 1:16; 21:12; Ec 8:9; רַע יֵרוֹעַ Pr 11:15 (but read רֹעַ Gr SS, v. Toy). e.g. Habakkuk 2:9
- 3. ethical evil, Dt 30:15; 2 S 14:17; Is 5:20; Am 5:14; Mi 7:3 + 10 times; עשׂה רע 2 K 21:9; 2 Ch 12:14; 33:9; Ne 9:28 + 8 times; פֹּעֲלֵי רע Mi 2:1; אהב רע 3:2 (Qr), ψ 52:5; שׂנא רע Am 5:15 ψ 97:10 Pr 8:13; מאס רע ψ 36:5; מאס ברע Is 7:15, 16; בִּעֵר הרע מִן consume evil from Dt 13:6 + 8 times Dt; לֹא יְגֻרְךָ רָ֑ע ψ 5:5 (adj. = evil man Hup De al.); ידע טוב ורע Gn 2:9, 17; 3:5, 22 (all J), Dt 1:39; סר מֵרָע Is 59:15 ψ 34:15; 37:27; Pr 3:7 + 8 times; כי ברע הוא Ex 32:22 (J) he is set on evil; רע רשׁעים ψ 7:10; רע מעללים 1 S 25:3, cf. Mi 3:4 (v. רֹעַ 3); דִּבְרֵי רָע deeds of evil Je 5:28; תַּהְפֻּכוֹת רָ֑ע Pr 2:14; אֹרַח רע ψ 119:101; עֲצַת רע Ez 11:2; מֵחְשְׁבוֹת רע Pr 15:26; אִישׁ רע 29:6; אַנְשֵׁי רע 28:5; אֵשֶׁת רע 6:24 (but read רֵעַ Gr Bi Toy). e.g. Deuteronomy 30:15
רע VI evil, misery, distress, injury
- 1. evil, misery, distress: פַּחַד רָעָה Pr 1:33, באה (ה)רעה Ez 7:5(×2); c. עַל Is 47:11 (read באה for בא), Je 5:12 + 5 times; c. אֶל Je 2:3; 51:60; †הביא רעה Je 4:6 1 K 21:29; + אֶל 2 S 17:14 + 8 times K Je; + עַל 1 K 9:9 = 2 Ch 7:22, Je 19:3 + 6 times Je + 8 times; + אֶל et על Je 19:15; 36:31; יוֹם רעה 17:17, 18 + 5 times; יְמֵי הרעה †Ec 12:1 (i.e., spring days, fatal to old people, Wetzst in De Koh. 447); רָעוֹת evils Dt 31:17(×2), 21 (JE), 32:23 (poem), ψ 34:20; 40:13; 88:4; עֵת רָעָה Am 5:13; Je 2:27, 28 + 5 times; †ראה ברעה Nu 11:15 (JE) Ob 13; Est 8:6; †ראה רעה Je 44:17 ψ 90:15; Pr 22:3 = 27:12; †יפול ברעה 17:20; 28:14; †בְּרָעָה Je 44:29 (J) Pr 14:32; 24:16; Ne 1:3; 1 Ch 7:23 ψ 107:26; ברעותיכם 141:5; נִחַם עַל רָעָה Ex 32:12, 14 (J) Je 8:6 + 6 times; c. אֶל 2 S 24:16; Je 26:3, 13, 19; 42:10. e.g. Proverbs 1:33
- 2. evil, injury, wrong: †עשׂה רעה 2 S 12:18; Je 26:19; 41:11; c. עִם Gn 26:29 (J) Ju 15:3; 2 S 13:16; c. את Ju 11:27; c. ל 1 S 6:9; 1 K 2:44 + 4 times; c. אֶל Je 44:7; obj. of vbs. חשׁב Gn 50:20 (E) Je 36:3; 48:2 + 7 times; †חרשׁ 1 S 23:9; Pr 3:29; הֵשִׁיב Gn 50:15 (E) Ju 9:56, 57 + 4 times; †גמל Gn 50:17 (E) 1 S 24:18 (17); Is 3:9; Pr 3:30; בקשׁ Nu 35:23 (P); 1 S 24:10 (9); 25:26 + 4 times; †שׁלּם Gn 44:4 (J); Je 18:20; 51:24 ψ 35:12; 38:21; לְרָעָה for harm Gn 31:52; Ex 23:2 (E); Dt 29:20; Ju 2:15; 2 S 18:32; Je 21:10 + 8 times Je, Am 9:4; Zc 1:15; Pr 6:18; Ec 5:12; בְּרָעָתֶ֑ךָ 2 S 16:8 in thy mischief; בְּרָעָה Ex 32:12 (J) for mischief; רָעָה רַבָּה Ec 2:21; רָעָה חוֹלָה Ec 5:12, 15. e.g. 2 Samuel 12:18
- 3. ethical evil, 1 S 12:17, 19; 24:12; 26:18; Is 47:10; Je 2:19 + 13 times Je, + 18 times, + foll.: עָשָׂה (הָ)רָעָה Gn 39:9; Dt 31:18 (J) + 5 times + Je 18:10 (Kt, but Qr רע); מַעֲשֵׂה רעה Ec 8:11; אהב רעה Mi 3:2 (Kt); שׁוּב מרעה Je 18:8; 23:14; 44:5; בִּעֵר רעה מ׳ Ju 20:13 (v ii. רַע 3); מִפְּנֵי רָעָה Je 7:12; 44:3; מפני רָעַת רעתכם Ho 10:15; בגלל ר׳ Je 11:17; על כל ר׳ 1:16; 32:32; 33:5; מֵר׳ ψ 107:34 Je 12:4; אַנְשֵׁי רָעָה Pr 24:1. e.g. 1 Samuel 12:17
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Word origin
I. vb. pasture, tend, graze (Assyrian rêʾû vb. pasture, n. ruler, TelAm. ruh̬i (as Canaanism) WklNo. 181, 11; Arabic رَدَى, Ethiopic ርዕየ Aramaic רְעָא, ܪܥܳܐ, all = BH);—
II. vb. prob. associate with (cf. Schulthess69 ff. but also NöZMG liv (1900), 154 f.; Assyrian ruʾa, ruttu, neighbour, fellow (m. et f.; cf. JägerBAS i.483, 486); so Bed. أُرْعُوَّةٌ master, owner, WallinZMG v (1851), 9 JayakarJA xxi. 851; Ethiopic መርዓ: marriage; Arabic رَاعِى, راعيها, Ethiopic አርዑት: yoke; NH רֵעוּת friendship is from BH רֵעַ);—
II. I. רַע226 adj. bad, evil (distinction from n., and vb. Pf. 3 ms., is sometimes not easy, and opinions differ);—ms. רַע Gn 6:5 +; רָ֑ע 31:24 +; pl. רָעִים 13:13 +; cstr. רָעֵי Ez 7:24 (del. Co); fs. רָעָה Gn 37:2 + 37 times (this form usually noun), pl. רָעוֹת 28:8 + 14 times; רָעֹת 41:27 (18 times noun);—
III. n.m. Jb 30:26 evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity;—abs. רַע Nu 11:1 +, בְּרָע Ex 5:19 +, רָ֑ע Gn 48:16 +;—
IV. n.f. evil, misery, distress, injury;—abs. ר׳ Gn 26:29 +; cstr. רָעַת 6:5 +; sf. רָֽעָתִי ψ 35:4 +; רָעָֽתְךָ 1 K 2:44 +; רָֽעָתֵכִי Je 11:15 (text dub.); רָֽעַתְכֶם 1 S 12:17, etc.; pl. רָעוֹת Dt 31:17 +; רָעֹת Je 44:9 Ex 23:2; sf. רָעוֹתֵיכֶם 1 S 10:19 +, etc.;—
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Derived from רעע (râʻaʻ) (H7489) — to do evil.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
רַע I
- [shaken,] weak, sick; bad; (noun) evil. Ber. 7ᵃ מפני מה … ורע לו why is there a righteous man who fares well, and another righteous man who fares badly? Ib. 23ᵃ (ref. to Koh. IV, 17) בין טוב לרע וכ׳ they cannot distinguish between good and evil, and want to offer a sacrifice before me? Kidd. 40ᵃ (ref. to Is. III, 11) וכי יש רשע רע ויש שאינו רע is there a bad wicked man and a wicked man that is not bad?; רע לשמים ורע לבריות וכ׳ one bad in his relation to heaven (irreligious) and bad to men is a bad wicked man &c. Ohol. XVIII, 6 שכחן רע whose strength is feeble, v. כֹּחַ. Ab. II, 9 חבר רע a bad companion; לב רע a bad heart; a. v. fr.—Fem. רָעָה bad; (noun) evil. Ib., a. fr. עין ר׳, v. עַיִן. Sabb. 11ᵃ כל ד׳ ולא אשה ר׳ any evil, only not a bad wife. Ber. 61ᵃ אחת … ואחת יועצתו לר׳ one (kidney) counsels for good, the other for evil. Y. Shek. I, beg. 45ᵈ לטובה … לר׳ וכ׳ for a good purpose—‘every liberal-hearted’ (Ex. XXXV, 22), for a bad purpose—‘the whole people’ (ib. XXXII, 3). Hor. 10ᵇ אפי׳ טובתם … ר׳ היא וכ׳ even the good which wicked men do is an evil with the righteous (they do not enjoy it); Yeb. 103ᵃ sq. Koh. R. to V, 12, v. חוֹלָה I. Ber. l. c. (ref. to Koh. IV, 17) אל תהי … אם על ר׳ הם מביאים be not like the fools who sin and offer a sacrifice, not knowing whether they offer it for the good they have done or for the evil; a. v. fr.—Pl. רָעִים; רָעוֹת. Keth. 110ᵇ (quot. fr. Ben Sira) כל ימי עני ר׳ all the days of a poor man are bad; Snh. 101ᵃ. Y. Ber. V, 8ᵈ bot., v. חָצַף. Ex. R. s. 42 (ref. to Jer. II, 13) ושתי ר׳ עשו לבד have they committed no more than two evils?; a. v. fr. e.g. Ecclesiastes 4:17
רַע II
- to be evil, v. רָעַע.
רַע III
- ch. = אֲרַע, v. לרַע
רֵעַ
- , v. רֵיעַ
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The 60 most common forms are shown; 168 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 574 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 623 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:9
- Exodus 5:19
- Leviticus 26:6
- Numbers 11:1
- Deuteronomy 1:35
- Joshua 23:15
- Judges 2:11
- 1 Samuel 2:23
- 2 Samuel 3:39
- 1 Kings 1:52
- 2 Kings 2:19
- 1 Chronicles 2:3
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