1) to be bad, be evil 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to be displeasing 1a2) to be sad 1a3) to be injurious, be evil 1a4) to be wicked, be evil (ethically) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to do an injury or hurt 1b2) to do evil or wickedly 1b3) mischief (participle)
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H7489 — רָעַע
ra.a · be evil · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 19:7 · תָּרֵֽעוּ׃And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.Genesis 19:9 · נָרַ֥עAnd they said, Stand back. And they said [again], This one [fellow] came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, [even] Lot, and came near to break the door.Genesis 21:11 · וַיֵּ֧רַעAnd the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.Genesis 21:12 · יֵרַ֤עAnd God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.Genesis 31:7 · לְהָרַ֖עAnd your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.Genesis 38:10 · וַיֵּ֛רַעAnd the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.Genesis 43:6 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖םAnd Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?Genesis 44:5 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם[Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.Genesis 48:17 · וַיֵּ֣רַעAnd when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.Exodus 5:22 · הֲרֵעֹ֙תָה֙And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou [so] evil entreated this people? why [is] it [that] thou hast sent me?Exodus 5:23 · הֵרַ֖עFor since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.Exodus 21:8 · רָעָ֞הIf she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.Leviticus 5:4 · לְהָרַ֣ע׀Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with [his] lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty in one of these.Numbers 11:10 · רָֽע׃Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.Numbers 11:11 · הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?Numbers 16:15 · הֲרֵעֹ֖תִיAnd Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.Numbers 20:15 · וַיָּרֵ֥עוּHow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:Numbers 22:34 · רַ֥עAnd Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.Deuteronomy 15:9 · וְרָעָ֣הBeware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Deuteronomy 15:10 · יֵרַ֥עThou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.Deuteronomy 26:6 · וַיָּרֵ֧עוּAnd the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:Deuteronomy 28:54 · תֵּרַ֨ע[So that] the man [that is] tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:Deuteronomy 28:56 · תֵּרַ֤עThe tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,Joshua 24:15 · רַ֨עAnd if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.Joshua 24:20 · וְהֵרַ֤עIf ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.Judges 19:23 · תָּרֵ֣עוּAnd the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, [nay], I pray you, do not [so] wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.Ruth 1:21 · הֵ֥רַֽעI went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?1 Samuel 8:6 · וַיֵּ֤רַעBut the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.1 Samuel 12:25 · הָרֵ֖עַ · תָּרֵ֑עוּBut if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.1 Samuel 18:8 · וַיֵּ֤רַעAnd Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed [but] thousands: and [what] can he have more but the kingdom?1 Samuel 25:34 · מֵהָרַ֖עFor in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.1 Samuel 26:21 · אָרַ֤עThen said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.2 Samuel 11:25 · יֵרַ֤עThen David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.2 Samuel 11:27 · וַיֵּ֧רַעAnd when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.2 Samuel 19:7 · וְרָעָ֧הNow therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.2 Samuel 20:6 · יֵ֧רַֽעAnd David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.1 Kings 14:9 · וַתָּ֣רַעBut hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:1 Kings 16:25 · וַיָּ֕רַעBut Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that [were] before him.1 Kings 17:20 · הֲרֵע֖וֹתָAnd he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?2 Kings 21:11 · הֵרַ֕עBecause Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, [and] hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which [were] before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:1 Chronicles 16:22 · תָּרֵֽעוּ׃ פ[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.1 Chronicles 21:7 · וַיֵּ֙רַע֙And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.1 Chronicles 21:17 · וְהָרֵ֣עַ · הֲרֵע֔וֹתִיAnd David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.Nehemiah 2:3 · יֵרְע֣וּAnd said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?Nehemiah 2:10 · וַיֵּ֥רַעWhen Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.Nehemiah 13:8 · וַיֵּ֥רַֽעAnd it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.Job 8:20 · מְרֵעִֽים׃Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:Job 20:26 · יֵ֖רַעAll darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.Job 34:24 · יָרֹ֣עַHe shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.Psalm 2:9 · תְּ֭רֹעֵםThou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.Psalm 15:4 · לְ֝הָרַ֗עIn whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.Psalm 22:16 · מְ֭רֵעִיםFor dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.Psalm 26:5 · מְרֵעִ֑יםI have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.Psalm 27:2 · מְרֵעִים֮When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.Psalm 37:1 · בַּמְּרֵעִ֑ים[A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.Psalm 37:8 · לְהָרֵֽעַ׃Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.Psalm 37:9 · מְ֭רֵעִיםFor evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.Psalm 44:2 · תָּרַ֥ע[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.Psalm 64:2 · מְרֵעִ֑יםHide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:Psalm 74:3 · הֵרַ֖עLift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.Psalm 92:11 · מְרֵעִ֗יםMine eye also shall see [my desire] on mine enemies, [and] mine ears shall hear [my desire] of the wicked that rise up against me.Psalm 94:16 · מְרֵעִ֑יםWho will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?Psalm 105:15 · תָּרֵֽעוּ׃[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.Psalm 106:32 · וַיֵּ֥רַעThey angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:Psalm 119:115 · מְרֵעִ֑יםDepart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.Proverbs 4:16 · יָרֵ֑עוּFor they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.Proverbs 11:15 · יֵ֭רוֹעַHe that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.Proverbs 13:20 · יֵרֽוֹעַ׃He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.Proverbs 17:4 · מֵ֭רַעA wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.Proverbs 18:24 · לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַA man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.Proverbs 24:8 · לְהָרֵ֑עַHe that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.Proverbs 24:18 · וְרַ֣עLest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.Proverbs 24:19 · בַּמְּרֵעִ֑יםFret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;Isaiah 1:4 · מְרֵעִ֔יםAh sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.Isaiah 1:16 · הָרֵֽעַ׃Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;Isaiah 3:11 · רָ֑עWoe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.Isaiah 8:9 · רֹ֤עוּAssociate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.Isaiah 9:17 · וּמֵרַ֔עTherefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one [is] an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.Isaiah 11:9 · יָרֵ֥עוּThey shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.Isaiah 14:20 · מְרֵעִֽים׃Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, [and] slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.Isaiah 24:19 · רֹ֥עָה · הִֽתְרֹעֲעָ֖הThe earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.Isaiah 31:2 · מְרֵעִ֔יםYet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.Isaiah 41:23 · וְתָרֵ֔עוּShew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together.Isaiah 59:15 · וַיֵּ֥רַעYea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.Isaiah 65:25 · יָרֵ֧עוּThe wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust [shall be] the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 4:22 · לְהָרַ֔עFor my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.Jeremiah 7:26 · הֵרֵ֖עוּYet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.Jeremiah 10:5 · יָרֵ֔עוּThey [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.Jeremiah 11:16 · וְרָע֖וּThe LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, [and] of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.Jeremiah 13:23 · הָרֵֽעַ׃Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.Jeremiah 15:12 · הֲיָרֹ֨עַShall iron break the northern iron and the steel?Jeremiah 16:12 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥םAnd ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:Jeremiah 20:13 · מְרֵעִֽים׃ סSing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.Jeremiah 23:14 · מְרֵעִ֔יםI have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.Jeremiah 25:6 · אָרַ֖עAnd go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.Jeremiah 25:29 · לְהָרַ֔עFor, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.Jeremiah 31:28 · וּלְהָרֵ֑עַAnd it shall come to pass, [that] like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 38:9 · הֵרֵ֜עוּMy lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city.Jeremiah 40:4 · רַ֧עAnd now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which [were] upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land [is] before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.Jonah 4:1 · וַיֵּ֥רַעBut it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.Micah 3:4 · הֵרֵ֖עוּThen shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.Micah 4:6 · הֲרֵעֹֽתִי׃In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;Zephaniah 1:12 · יָרֵֽעַ׃And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.Zechariah 8:14 · לְהָרַ֣עFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: