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׃“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!Genesis 19:9 · נָרַ֥ע“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.Genesis 21:11 · וַיֵּ֧רַעNow this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.Genesis 21:12 · יֵרַ֤עBut God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.Genesis 31:7 · לְהָרַ֖עAnd although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.Genesis 38:10 · וַיֵּ֛רַעWhat he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.Genesis 43:6 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”Genesis 44:5 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖םIs this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”Genesis 48:17 · וַיֵּ֣רַעWhen Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.Exodus 5:22 · הֲרֵעֹ֙תָה֙So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?Exodus 5:23 · הֵרַ֖עEver since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”Exodus 21:8 · רָעָ֞הIf she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.Leviticus 5:4 · לְהָרַ֣ע׀Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.Numbers 11:10 · רָֽע׃Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.Numbers 11:11 · הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?Numbers 16:15 · הֲרֵעֹ֖תִיThen Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”Numbers 20:15 · וַיָּרֵ֥עוּhow our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,Numbers 22:34 · רַ֥ע“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”Deuteronomy 15:9 · וְרָעָ֣הBe careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Deuteronomy 15:10 · יֵרַ֥עGive generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.Deuteronomy 26:6 · וַיָּרֵ֧עוּBut the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.Deuteronomy 28:54 · תֵּרַ֨עThe most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,Deuteronomy 28:56 · תֵּרַ֤עThe most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughterJoshua 24:15 · רַ֨עBut if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”Joshua 24:20 · וְהֵרַ֤עIf you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”Judges 19:23 · תָּרֵ֣עוּThe owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.Ruth 1:21 · הֵ֥רַֽעI went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”1 Samuel 8:6 · וַיֵּ֤רַעBut when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.1 Samuel 12:25 · הָרֵ֖עַ · תָּרֵ֑עוּBut if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”1 Samuel 18:8 · וַיֵּ֤רַעAnd Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”1 Samuel 25:34 · מֵהָרַ֖עOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”1 Samuel 26:21 · אָרַ֤עThen Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”2 Samuel 11:25 · יֵרַ֤עThen David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”2 Samuel 11:27 · וַיֵּ֧רַעAnd when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.2 Samuel 19:7 · וְרָעָ֧הNow therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”2 Samuel 20:6 · יֵ֧רַֽעAnd David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”1 Kings 14:9 · וַתָּ֣רַעYou have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.1 Kings 16:25 · וַיָּ֕רַעBut Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.1 Kings 17:20 · הֲרֵע֖וֹתָThen he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”2 Kings 21:11 · הֵרַ֕ע“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,1 Chronicles 16:22 · תָּרֵֽעוּ׃ פ‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’1 Chronicles 21:7 · וַיֵּ֙רַע֙This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.1 Chronicles 21:17 · וְהָרֵ֣עַ · הֲרֵע֔וֹתִיAnd David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”Nehemiah 2:3 · יֵרְע֣וּand replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”Nehemiah 2:10 · וַיֵּ֥רַעBut when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.Nehemiah 13:8 · וַיֵּ֥רַֽעAnd I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.Job 8:20 · מְרֵעִֽים׃Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.Job 20:26 · יֵ֖רַעTotal darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.Job 34:24 · יָרֹ֣עַHe shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.Psalm 2:9 · תְּ֭רֹעֵםYou will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”Psalm 15:4 · לְ֝הָרַ֗עwho despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,Psalm 22:16 · מְ֭רֵעִיםFor dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.Psalm 26:5 · מְרֵעִ֑יםI hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.Psalm 27:2 · מְרֵעִים֮When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.Psalm 37:1 · בַּמְּרֵעִ֑יםOf David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.Psalm 37:8 · לְהָרֵֽעַ׃Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.Psalm 37:9 · מְ֭רֵעִיםFor the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.Psalm 44:2 · תָּרַ֥עWith Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.Psalm 64:2 · מְרֵעִ֑יםHide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,Psalm 74:3 · הֵרַ֖עTurn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.Psalm 92:11 · מְרֵעִ֗יםMy eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.Psalm 94:16 · מְרֵעִ֑יםWho will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?Psalm 105:15 · תָּרֵֽעוּ׃“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”Psalm 106:32 · וַיֵּ֥רַעAt the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.Psalm 119:115 · מְרֵעִ֑יםDepart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.Proverbs 4:16 · יָרֵ֑עוּFor they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.Proverbs 11:15 · יֵ֭רוֹעַHe who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.Proverbs 13:20 · יֵרֽוֹעַ׃He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.Proverbs 17:4 · מֵ֭רַעA wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.Proverbs 18:24 · לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַA man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.Proverbs 24:8 · לְהָרֵ֑עַHe who plots evil will be called a schemer.Proverbs 24:18 · וְרַ֣עor the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.Proverbs 24:19 · בַּמְּרֵעִ֑יםDo not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.Isaiah 1:4 · מְרֵעִ֔יםAlas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.Isaiah 1:16 · הָרֵֽעַ׃Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!Isaiah 3:11 · רָ֑עWoe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.Isaiah 8:9 · רֹ֤עוּHuddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!Isaiah 9:17 · וּמֵרַ֔עTherefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Isaiah 11:9 · יָרֵ֥עוּThey will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.Isaiah 14:20 · מְרֵעִֽים׃You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.Isaiah 24:19 · רֹ֥עָה · הִֽתְרֹעֲעָ֖הThe earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.Isaiah 31:2 · מְרֵעִ֔יםYet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.Isaiah 41:23 · וְתָרֵ֔עוּTell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.Isaiah 59:15 · וַיֵּ֥רַעTruth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.Isaiah 65:25 · יָרֵ֧עוּThe wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.Jeremiah 4:22 · לְהָרַ֔ע“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”Jeremiah 7:26 · הֵרֵ֖עוּYet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.Jeremiah 10:5 · יָרֵ֔עוּLike scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”Jeremiah 11:16 · וְרָע֖וּThe LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.Jeremiah 13:23 · הָרֵֽעַ׃Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.Jeremiah 15:12 · הֲיָרֹ֨עַCan anyone smash iron—iron from the north—or bronze?Jeremiah 16:12 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥םAnd you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.Jeremiah 20:13 · מְרֵעִֽים׃ סSing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.Jeremiah 23:14 · מְרֵעִ֔יםAnd among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”Jeremiah 25:6 · אָרַ֖עDo not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’Jeremiah 25:29 · לְהָרַ֔עFor behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’Jeremiah 31:28 · וּלְהָרֵ֑עַJust as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 38:9 · הֵרֵ֜עוּ“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”Jeremiah 40:4 · רַ֧עBut now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”Jonah 4:1 · וַיֵּ֥רַעJonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.Micah 3:4 · הֵרֵ֖עוּThen they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.Micah 4:6 · הֲרֵעֹֽתִי׃“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.Zephaniah 1:12 · יָרֵֽעַ׃And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’Zechariah 8:14 · לְהָרַ֣עFor this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,