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 saith, ‘Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil;Genesis 19:9 · נָרַ֥עAnd they say, ‘Come nigh hither;’ they say also, ‘This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than to them;’ and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door.Genesis 21:11 · וַיֵּ֧רַעAnd the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son’s sake;Genesis 21:12 · יֵרַ֤עand God saith unto Abraham, ‘Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee—hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee.Genesis 31:7 · לְהָרַ֖עand your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.Genesis 38:10 · וַיֵּ֛רַעand that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.Genesis 43:6 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖םAnd Israel saith, ‘Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?’Genesis 44:5 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖םIs not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil in that which ye have done.’Genesis 48:17 · וַיֵּ֣רַעAnd Joseph seeth that his father setteth his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it is wrong in his eyes, and he supporteth the hand of his father to turn it aside from off the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh;Exodus 5:22 · הֲרֵעֹ֙תָה֙And Moses turneth back unto Jehovah, and saith, ‘Lord, why hast Thou done evil to this people? why is this?—Thou hast sent me!Exodus 5:23 · הֵרַ֖עand since I have come unto Pharaoh, to speak in Thy name, he hath done evil to this people, and Thou hast not at all delivered Thy people.’Exodus 21:8 · רָעָ֞הif evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.Leviticus 5:4 · לְהָרַ֣ע׀‘Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him;—when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these;Numbers 11:10 · רָֽע׃And Moses heareth the people weeping by its families, each at the opening of his tent, and the anger of Jehovah burneth exceedingly, and in the eyes of Moses it is evil.Numbers 11:11 · הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙And Moses saith unto Jehovah, ‘Why hast Thou done evil to Thy servant? and why have I not found grace in Thine eyes—to put the burden of all this people upon me?Numbers 16:15 · הֲרֵעֹ֖תִיAnd it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, ‘Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.’Numbers 20:15 · וַיָּרֵ֥עוּthat our fathers go down to Egypt, and we dwell in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians do evil to us and to our fathers;Numbers 22:34 · רַ֥עAnd Balaam saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, ‘I have sinned, for I did not know that thou art standing to meet me in the way; and now, if evil in thine eyes—I turn back by myself.’Deuteronomy 15:9 · וְרָעָ֣הTake heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart—worthless, saying, Near is the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;Deuteronomy 15:10 · יֵרַ֥עthou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;Deuteronomy 26:6 · וַיָּרֵ֧עוּand the Egyptians do us evil, and afflict us, and put on us hard service;Deuteronomy 28:54 · תֵּרַ֨עThe man who is tender in thee, and who is very delicate—his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,Deuteronomy 28:56 · תֵּרַ֤ע‘The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness—her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,Joshua 24:15 · רַ֨עand if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah—choose for you to-day whom ye do serve;—whether the gods whom your fathers served, which are beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house—we serve Jehovah.’Joshua 24:20 · וְהֵרַ֤עWhen ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.’Judges 19:23 · תָּרֵ֣עוּAnd the man, the master of the house, goeth out unto them, and saith unto them, ‘Nay, my brethren, do not evil, I pray you, after that this man hath come in unto my house, do not this folly;Ruth 1:21 · הֵ֥רַֽעI went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?’1 Samuel 8:6 · וַיֵּ֤רַעAnd the thing is evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they have said, ‘Give to us a king to judge us;’ and Samuel prayeth unto Jehovah.1 Samuel 12:25 · הָרֵ֖עַ · תָּרֵ֑עוּand if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.’1 Samuel 18:8 · וַיֵּ֤רַעAnd it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, ‘They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him is only the kingdom;’1 Samuel 25:34 · מֵהָרַ֖עAnd yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.’1 Samuel 26:21 · אָרַ֤עAnd Saul saith, ‘I have sinned; turn back, my son David, for I do evil to thee no more, because that my soul hath been precious in thine eyes this day; lo, I have acted foolishly, and do err very greatly.’2 Samuel 11:25 · יֵרַ֤עAnd David saith unto the messenger, ‘Thus dost thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing be evil in thine eyes; for thus and thus doth the sword devour; strengthen thy warfare against the city, and throw it down—and strengthen thou him.’2 Samuel 11:27 · וַיֵּ֧רַעand the mourning passeth by, and David sendeth and gathereth her unto his house, and she is to him for a wife, and beareth to him a son; and the thing which David hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah.2 Samuel 19:7 · וְרָעָ֧הAnd now, rise, go out and speak unto the heart of thy servants, for by Jehovah I have sworn, that—thou art not going out—there doth not lodge a man with thee to-night; and this is worse for thee than all the evil that hath come upon thee from thy youth till now.’2 Samuel 20:6 · יֵ֧רַֽעand David saith unto Abishai, ‘Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself from our eye.’1 Kings 14:9 · וַתָּ֣רַעand thou dost evil above all who have been before thee, and goest, and makest to thee other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and Me thou hast cast behind thy back:1 Kings 16:25 · וַיָּ֕רַעAnd Omri doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and doth evil above all who are before him,1 Kings 17:20 · הֲרֵע֖וֹתָand crieth unto Jehovah, and saith, ‘Jehovah my God, also on the widow with whom I am sojourning hast Thou done evil—to put her son to death?’2 Kings 21:11 · הֵרַ֕עBecause that Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations—he hath done evil above all that the Amorites have done who are before him, and causeth also Judah to sin by his idols;1 Chronicles 16:22 · תָּרֵֽעוּ׃ פCome not against Mine anointed ones, And against My prophets do not evil.1 Chronicles 21:7 · וַיֵּ֙רַע֙And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,1 Chronicles 21:17 · וְהָרֵ֣עַ · הֲרֵע֔וֹתִיAnd David saith unto God, ‘Did not I—I say to number the people? Yea, I it is who have sinned, and done great evil: and these, the flock, what did they? O Jehovah, my God, let, I pray Thee, Thy hand be on me, and on the house of my father, and not on Thy people—to be plagued.’Nehemiah 2:3 · יֵרְע֣וּand say to the king, ‘Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, is a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?’Nehemiah 2:10 · וַיֵּ֥רַעand Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them—a great evil—that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.Nehemiah 13:8 · וַיֵּ֥רַֽעand it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,Job 8:20 · מְרֵעִֽים׃Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.Job 20:26 · יֵ֖רַעAll darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.Job 34:24 · יָרֹ֣עַHe breaketh the mighty—no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.Psalm 2:9 · תְּ֭רֹעֵםThou dost rule them with a sceptre of iron, As a vessel of a potter Thou dost crush them.’Psalm 15:4 · לְ֝הָרַ֗עDespised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;Psalm 22:16 · מְ֭רֵעִיםAnd to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.Psalm 26:5 · מְרֵעִ֑יםI have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.Psalm 27:2 · מְרֵעִים֮When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.Psalm 37:1 · בַּמְּרֵעִ֑יםBy David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,Psalm 37:8 · לְהָרֵֽעַ׃Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.Psalm 37:9 · מְ֭רֵעִיםFor evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.Psalm 44:2 · תָּרַ֥עThou, with Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.Psalm 64:2 · מְרֵעִ֑יםHidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.Psalm 74:3 · הֵרַ֖עLift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.Psalm 92:11 · מְרֵעִ֗יםAnd mine eye looketh on mine enemies, Of those rising up against me, The evil doers, do mine ears hear.Psalm 94:16 · מְרֵעִ֑יםWho riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?Psalm 105:15 · תָּרֵֽעוּ׃‘Strike not against Mine anointed, And to My prophets do not evil.’Psalm 106:32 · וַיֵּ֥רַעAnd they cause wrath by the waters of Meribah, And it is evil to Moses for their sakes,Psalm 119:115 · מְרֵעִ֑יםTurn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.Proverbs 4:16 · יָרֵ֑עוּFor they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.Proverbs 11:15 · יֵ֭רוֹעַEvil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.Proverbs 13:20 · יֵרֽוֹעַ׃Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.Proverbs 17:4 · מֵ֭רַעAn evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.Proverbs 18:24 · לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַA man with friends is to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!Proverbs 24:8 · לְהָרֵ֑עַWhoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.Proverbs 24:18 · וְרַ֣עLest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.Proverbs 24:19 · בַּמְּרֵעִ֑יםFret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,Isaiah 1:4 · מְרֵעִ֔יםAh, sinning nation, a people heavy with iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons—corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.Isaiah 1:16 · הָרֵֽעַ׃Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.Isaiah 3:11 · רָ֑עWoe to the wicked—evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.Isaiah 8:9 · רֹ֤עוּBe friends, O nations, and be broken, And give ear, all ye far off ones of earth, Gird yourselves, and be broken, Gird yourselves, and be broken.Isaiah 9:17 · וּמֵרַ֔עTherefore, over its young men the Lord rejoiceth not, And its orphans, and its widows He pitieth not, For every one is profane, and an evil doer, And every mouth is speaking folly. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.Isaiah 11:9 · יָרֵ֥עוּEvil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.Isaiah 14:20 · מְרֵעִֽים׃Thou art not united with them in burial, For thy land thou hast destroyed, Thy people thou hast slain, Not named to the age is the seed of evil doers.Isaiah 24:19 · רֹ֥עָה · הִֽתְרֹעֲעָ֖הUtterly broken down hath been the land, Utterly broken hath been the land, Utterly moved hath been the land.Isaiah 31:2 · מְרֵעִ֔יםAnd He also is wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.Isaiah 41:23 · וְתָרֵ֔עוּDeclare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that ye are gods, Yea, ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see it together.Isaiah 59:15 · וַיֵּ֥רַעAnd the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.Isaiah 65:25 · יָרֵ֧עוּWolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent—dust is its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!Jeremiah 4:22 · לְהָרַ֔עFor my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.Jeremiah 7:26 · הֵרֵ֖עוּAnd they have not hearkened unto Me, Nor inclined their ear, and harden their neck, They have done evil above their fathers.Jeremiah 10:5 · יָרֵ֔עוּAs a palm they are stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.Jeremiah 11:16 · וְרָע֖וּ‘An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,’ Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.Jeremiah 13:23 · הָרֵֽעַ׃Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.Jeremiah 15:12 · הֲיָרֹ֨עַDoth one break iron—northern iron, and brass?Jeremiah 16:12 · הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥םYe also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me.Jeremiah 20:13 · מְרֵעִֽים׃ סSing ye to Jehovah, praise Jehovah, For He hath delivered the soul of the needy From the hand of evil doers.Jeremiah 23:14 · מְרֵעִ֔יםAnd in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me—all of them—as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.Jeremiah 25:6 · אָרַ֖עAnd ye do not go after other gods to serve them, and to bow yourselves to them, nor do ye provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I do no evil to you;Jeremiah 25:29 · לְהָרַ֔עFor lo, in the city over which My name is called, I am beginning to do evil, And ye—ye are entirely acquitted! Ye are not acquitted, for a sword I am proclaiming, For all inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.Jeremiah 31:28 · וּלְהָרֵ֑עַAnd it hath been, as I watched over them to pluck up, And to break down, and to throw down, And to destroy, and to afflict; So do I watch over them to build, and to plant, An affirmation of Jehovah.Jeremiah 38:9 · הֵרֵ֜עוּMy lord, O king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he dieth in his place because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.’Jeremiah 40:4 · רַ֧עAnd now, lo, I have loosed thee to-day from the chains that are on thy hand; if good in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, come, and I keep mine eye upon thee: and if evil in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, forbear; see, all the land is before thee, whither it be good, and whither it be right in thine eyes to go—go.’—Jonah 4:1 · וַיֵּ֥רַעAnd it is grievous unto Jonah—a great evil—and he is displeased at it;Micah 3:4 · הֵרֵ֖עוּThen do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.Micah 4:6 · הֲרֵעֹֽתִי׃In that day—an affirmation of Jehovah, I do gather the halting one, And the driven away one I bring together, And she whom I have afflicted.Zephaniah 1:12 · יָרֵֽעַ׃And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.Zechariah 8:14 · לְהָרַ֣עFor, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, As I did purpose to do evil to you, When your fathers made Me wroth, Said Jehovah of Hosts, and I did not repent,