רָשָׁע
wicked
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Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
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).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H7563 appears in the Book of Proverbs — 77 distinct verses. 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.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 2:22 וּ֭/רְשָׁעִים conj + Adjective Adjective mp But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
- Proverbs 3:25 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:
- Proverbs 3:33 רָשָׁ֑ע adj Adjective ms Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
- Proverbs 4:14 רְ֭שָׁעִים adj Adjective mp Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
- Proverbs 4:19 רְ֭שָׁעִים adj Adjective mp The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
- Proverbs 5:22 הָ/רָשָׁ֑ע ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
- Proverbs 9:7 לְ/רָשָׁ֣ע prep + Adjective Adjective ms He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
- Proverbs 10:3 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp Yahweh will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, But he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
- Proverbs 10:6 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 10:7 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.
- Proverbs 10:11 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 10:16 רָשָׁ֣ע adj Adjective ms The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
- Proverbs 10:20 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
- Proverbs 10:24 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms What the wicked fear, will overtake them, But the desire of the righteous will be granted.
- Proverbs 10:25 רָשָׁ֑ע adj Adjective ms When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; But the righteous stand firm forever.
- Proverbs 10:27 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
- Proverbs 10:28 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The prospect of the righteous is joy, But the hope of the wicked will perish.
- Proverbs 10:30 וּ֝/רְשָׁעִ֗ים conj + Adjective Adjective mp The righteous will never be removed, But the wicked will not dwell in the land.
- Proverbs 10:32 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
- Proverbs 11:5 רָשָֽׁע adj Adjective ms The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- Proverbs 11:7 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, And expectation of power comes to nothing.
- Proverbs 11:8 רָשָׁ֣ע adj Adjective ms A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked takes his place.
- Proverbs 11:10 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
- Proverbs 11:11 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 11:18 רָשָׁ֗ע adj Adjective ms Wicked people earn deceitful wages, But one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
- Proverbs 11:23 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
- Proverbs 11:31 רָשָׁ֥ע adj Adjective ms Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!
- Proverbs 12:5 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
- Proverbs 12:6 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, But the speech of the upright rescues them.
- Proverbs 12:7 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.
- Proverbs 12:10 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
- Proverbs 12:12 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms The wicked desires the plunder of evil men, But the root of the righteous flourishes.
- Proverbs 12:21 וּ֝/רְשָׁעִ֗ים conj + Adjective Adjective mp No mischief shall happen to the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
- Proverbs 12:26 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp A righteous person is cautious in friendship, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.
- Proverbs 13:5 וְ֝/רָשָׁ֗ע conj + Adjective Adjective ms A righteous man hates lies, But a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.
- Proverbs 13:9 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The light of the righteous shines brightly, But the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
- Proverbs 13:17 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms A wicked messenger falls into trouble, But a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
- Proverbs 13:25 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, But the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
- Proverbs 14:11 רְ֭שָׁעִים adj Adjective mp The house of the wicked will be overthrown, But the tent of the upright will flourish.
- Proverbs 14:19 וּ֝/רְשָׁעִ֗ים conj + Adjective Adjective mp The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
- Proverbs 14:32 רָשָׁ֑ע adj Adjective ms The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.
- Proverbs 15:6 רָשָׁ֣ע adj Adjective ms In the house of the righteous is much treasure, But the income of the wicked brings trouble.
- Proverbs 15:8 רְ֭שָׁעִים adj Adjective mp The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Proverbs 15:9 רָשָׁ֑ע adj Adjective ms The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But he loves him who follows after righteousness.
- Proverbs 15:28 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp The heart of the righteous weighs answers, But the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
- Proverbs 15:29 מֵ/רְשָׁעִ֑ים prep + Adjective Adjective mp Yahweh is far from the wicked, But he hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Proverbs 16:4 רָ֝שָׁ֗ע adj Adjective ms Yahweh has made everything for its own end-- Yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- Proverbs 17:15 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Proverbs 17:23 רָשָׁ֣ע adj Adjective ms A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, To pervert the ways of justice.
- Proverbs 18:3 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, And with shame comes disgrace.
- Proverbs 18:5 רָשָׁ֣ע adj Adjective ms To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
- Proverbs 19:28 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp A corrupt witness mocks justice, And the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
- Proverbs 20:26 רְ֭שָׁעִים adj Adjective mp A wise king winnows out the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them.
- Proverbs 21:4 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp A high look, and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.
- Proverbs 21:7 רְשָׁעִ֥ים adj Adjective mp The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.
- Proverbs 21:10 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
- Proverbs 21:12 רָשָׁ֑ע רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective ms adj Adjective mp The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, And brings the wicked to ruin.
- Proverbs 21:18 רָשָׁ֑ע adj Adjective ms The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; The treacherous for the upright.
- Proverbs 21:27 רְ֭שָׁעִים adj Adjective mp The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
- Proverbs 21:29 רָשָׁ֣ע adj Adjective ms A wicked man hardens his face; But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
- Proverbs 24:15 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place:
- Proverbs 24:16 וּ֝/רְשָׁעִ֗ים conj + Adjective Adjective mp For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
- Proverbs 24:19 בָּ/רְשָׁעִֽים prep det + Adjective Adjective mp Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; Neither be envious of the wicked:
- Proverbs 24:20 רְשָׁעִ֣ים adj Adjective mp For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
- Proverbs 24:24 לְ/רָשָׁע֮ prep + Adjective Adjective ms He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" Peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--
- Proverbs 25:5 רָ֭שָׁע adj Adjective ms Take away the wicked from the king's presence, And his throne will be established in righteousness.
- Proverbs 25:26 רָשָֽׁע adj Adjective ms Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, So is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
- Proverbs 28:1 רָשָׁ֑ע adj Adjective ms The wicked flee when no one pursues; But the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Proverbs 28:4 רָשָׁ֑ע adj Adjective ms Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; But those who keep the law contend with them.
- Proverbs 28:12 רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים adj Adjective mp When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- Proverbs 28:15 רָ֝שָׁ֗ע adj Adjective ms As a roaring lion or a charging bear, So is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
- Proverbs 28:28 רְ֭שָׁעִים adj Adjective mp When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous thrive.
- Proverbs 29:2 רָ֝שָׁ֗ע adj Adjective ms When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; But when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Proverbs 29:7 רָ֝שָׁ֗ע adj Adjective ms The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
- Proverbs 29:12 רְשָׁעִֽים adj Adjective mp If a ruler listens to lies, All of his officials are wicked.
- Proverbs 29:16 רְ֭שָׁעִים adj Adjective mp When the wicked increase, sin increases; But the righteous will see their downfall.
- Proverbs 29:27 רָשָׁ֣ע adj Adjective ms A dishonest man detests the righteous, And the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
About this entry
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“wicked” is the headline sense of the Hebrew adjective רשע (râshâʻ). Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 248 verses — common. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Psalms. First canonically at Genesis 18:23, it enters the text early. See the sense tree, 248-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7563 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 →
- 248
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 248 distinct verses.
- 20 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 20 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #187
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 187 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 248 occurrences in the concordance →
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 248 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 192 verses · 77%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 46 verses · 19%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 10 verses · 4%
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).
- King James Version: Wicked 219×, Ungodly 5×, Let the wicked 4×
- American Standard Version: Wicked 206×, Let the wicked 4×, Are wicked 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: Wicked 211×, Wicked man 20×, Guilty 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Wicked 213×, One 19×, Wicked ones 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7563 across 263 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 25 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7563 across 261 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 42 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 H7563 across 263 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7563 across 288 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
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 3 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.
- 1. usually as subst., one guilty of crime, deserving punishment; sometimes also wicked; opp. צַדִּיק; רָשָׁע Ex 2:13; 23:1 (E), Dt 25:2; Pr 17:23; 18:5; 25:5; Jb 9:22, 24; coll. Gn 18:23, 25(×2) (J) Mi 6:10; Pr 3:33; 28:4, רשׁעים 1 S 24:14; Je 5:26; Pr 19:28; 20:26; 29:12, אנשׁים רשׁעים 2 S 4:11 (murderers), רָשָׁע לָמוּת Nu 35:31 (P) guilty of death, מוֹשֵׁל ר׳ Pr 28:15, cf. 29:2, הִצְדִּיק ר׳ Ex 23:7 (E) Is 5:23; Pr 17:15; הִרְשִׁעַ ר׳ Dt 25:1 1 K 8:32 = השׁיב לְרָשָׁע 2 Ch 6:23; אמר לר׳ צַדִּיק Pr 24:24. e.g. Exodus 2:13
- 2. guilty of hostility to God or his people, wicked enemies: רשׁע sg. ψ 17:13 + 6 times ψψ, Is 26:10; coll. ψ 9:6, 17; 10:2 + 6 times ψψ, Is 11:4 Hb 3:13; רשׁעים ψ 3:8; 7:10; 9:18 + 5 times ψψ, Is 48:22; 57:20, 21 Je 25:31 Ez 21:34 Mal 3:21 (+ (poss.) other cases; often hard to decide); specif. of Pharaoh Ex 9:27 (J), Babylon Is 13:11; 14:5, Chaldeans Hb 1:4, 13; ‖ שׂנְאֵי יהוה 2 Ch 19:2. e.g. Psalms 17:13
- 3. guilty of sin, against either God or man, wicked: האנשׁים הרשׁעים Nu 16:26 (J, rebellious Korahites), Mal 3:18 (not serving י׳), opp. צַדִּיק; sg. indiv. Ez 3:18(×2); 21:30; 33:8(×2) ψ 11:5; 32:10 Pr 9:7 +; coll. Is 3:11 Jb 34:18; 36:6, 17; pl. רשׁעים Is 53:9 Je 23:19 = 30:23, Zp 1:3 ψ 26:5; Pr 10:3; Ec 8:10 +; ‖ חסידים 1 S 2:9 (poem), ψ 12:9; 50:16; 97:10; 145:20; ‖ עֹזְבֵי תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ 119:53, cf. v 61, +; †אדם ר׳ Pr 11:7; Jb 20:29; 27:13; אִישׁ ר׳ Pr 21:29; מלאך ר׳ 13:17; זֶרַע רשׁעים ψ 37:28; †עֲצַת רשׁעים 1:1; Jb 10:3; 21:16; 22:18; †דֶּרֶךְ רשׁעים Je 12:1 ψ 1:6; 146:9; Pr 4:19; 12:26; דֶּרֶךְ רשׁע 15:9; מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָֽרְשָׁעָה Ez 3:18, 19 (but v. Co, supr.); †רִשְׁעֵי (ה)ארץ ψ 75:9; 101:8; 119:119 Ez 7:21 (𝔊 Co עריצי).—רָשָׁע is rare before exile; chiefly Ez ψψ WisdLit. e.g. Numbers 16:26
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
adj. wicked, criminal;—abs. ר׳ Gn 18:23 +; pl. רְשָׁעִים Is 13:11 +; cstr. רִשְׁעֵי ψ 75:9 + 3 times; fs. רְשָׁעָה Ez 3:18 (del. Co), v 19 (רָשָׁע Co);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from רשע (râshaʻ) (H7561) — to be wicked.
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.
רָשַׁע
- [to be powerful,] to do violence, be wicked. Yalk. Koh. 976 (ref. to Koh. VII, 17) אלא אם רָשַׁעְתָּ אל תִּרְשַׁע הרבה (omitted in Sabb. 31ᵇ) but it means, if thou hast once done wrong, do not therefore do more wrong. e.g. Ecclesiastes 7:17
- 1. to declare in the wrong, to condemn. Snh. 10ᵃ אלא מעתה והצדיקו שנים והִרְשִׁיעוּ שנים וכ׳ if this be so (that you can derive from ושפטום, Deut. XXV, 1, that there must be two judges and one in addition to make a majority vote possible) then ‘and they shall justify’ (ib.) indicates two, ‘and they shall condemn’ (ib.) means two, hence you would require seven judges for a court! e.g. Deuteronomy 25:1
- 2. to charge with wrong-doing, accuse. Ib. עדים שהרשיעו את הצדיק וכ׳ if (false) witnesses accused an innocent person, and other witnesses came and justified him. B. Kam. 64ᵇ (ref. to Ex. XXII, 8) ולא המַרְשִׁיעַ עצמו “he whom the judges shall condemn shall pay double”, but not he who accuses himself. Ib. (ref. to Ex. XXII, 3) פרט למרשיע וכ׳ to the exemption of him who &c.; a. fr.— to do wrong. Tanḥ. D’barim 3; Yalk. Deut. 805 (play on רשעתים, Jud. III, 8) הם הרשיעו עלינו שתי רשעיות they (the Aramæans) did us two wrongs. e.g. Exodus 22:8
רְשַׁע I
- Targ. Deut. XVIII, 23 (some ed. דיַרְ׳ Af.).—Sabb. 31ᵇ (ref. to Koh. VII, 17) הרבה הוא דלא לִירְשַׁע הא מעט לירשע man should not sin much, but little he may?; Yalk. Koh. 976. e.g. Ecclesiastes 7:17
- same. Targ. Deut. I, 43. Targ. Y. Ex. XVIII, 11. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 57; a. fr.
- to talk wickedly. Targ. Is. XXVIII, 22 (h. text תתלוצצו).
רְשַׁע II
- m., v. רִשְׁעָא
רָשָׁע
- preced. wds.) wicked man, wrongful claimant. Snh. 27ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXIII, 1) אל תשת ר׳ עד allow not a wicked man to be witness. Ib. 9ᵇ ר׳ הוא והתורה אמרה וכ׳ he is a (self-confessed) wicked man, and the Law says, allow not &c. Ib. אין אדם משים עצמו ר׳ none can incriminate himself (his testimony against himself has no legal effect). Ib. 27ᵃ ר׳ דחמס בעינן (to be disqualified in court) he must be a wicked man connected with violence (but you cannot disqualify a sinner against ceremonial laws). Gen. R. s. 20 נחש זה ר׳ בעל תשובות that serpent is a wicked creature rich in arguments. Bekh. 8ᵃ ולאותו ר׳ לא וכ׳ and to that wicked creature (the serpent) I find no parallel in nature (as to duration of pregnancy). Ab. V, 19 בלעם הר׳ Balaam the wicked; a. v. fr.—Pl. רְשָׁעִים. Ib. 1 להפרע מן הר׳ וכ׳ in order to punish the wicked who ruin the world &c. Ib. I, 8 וכשיהיו … יהיו בעיניך כר׳ when disputants stand before thee (the judge), look upon both parties as wrongful claimants, opp. זכאין. Ib. IV, 15 אין … משלות הר׳ וכ׳ it is beyond our power to understand why the wicked are prosperous or why the righteous suffer. Snh. 110ᵇ קטני בני רִשְׁעֵי ישראל young children of wicked Israelites; Tosef. ib. XIII, 1 רשעי ארץ (corr. acc.). Ib. 2 (ref. to Ps. IX, 18) אלו ר׳ ישראל this refers to Israelitish sinners. Hor. 10ᵇ (ref. to Koh. VIII, 14) כמעשה חר׳ של עוה"ב like that which happens to the wicked in the world to come. Snh. 93ᵃ רִשְׁעֵיהֶם של ישראל the wicked (idolaters) of the Israelitish people; a. v. fr.—Fem. רְשָׁעָה. Ber. 61ᵇ מלכות הר׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the wicked (Roman) government. Ex. R. s. 35 אדום הר׳ (sub. מלכות); a. fr. e.g. Exodus 23:1
רֶשַׁע
- preced.) wickedness, guilt. Snh. 47ᵃ נהרג מתוך רִשְׁעוֹ one who is put to death for his wickedness; מת מתוך רשעו who dies (a natural death) for his wickedness; a. e.
רִשְׁעָא
- Targ. O. Deut. XVIII, 22. Targ. Ps. XVIII, 22. Ib. XXXVI, 4. Ib. 5 (some ed. רשיעא, corr. acc.). Targ. Prov. VIII, 7 (some ed. רשיעא, corr. acc.); a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 80 distinct written forms H7563 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 20 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 222 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 248 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 18:23
- Exodus 2:13
- Numbers 16:26
- Deuteronomy 25:1
- 1 Samuel 2:9
- 2 Samuel 4:11
- 1 Kings 8:32
- 2 Chronicles 6:23
- Job 3:17
- Psalms 1:1
- Proverbs 2:22
- Ecclesiastes 3:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
