Ra רַע

Ra (Hebrew רַע, Strong's H7451) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “bad: evil”. It occurs 662 times in 621 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7451H: bad: evil

H7451C: distress: harm

H7451I: distress: evil

H7451B: bad: evil

H7451A: bad: harmful

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Evil

Verses

Ra occurs in 621 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (34): 2:9, 2:17, 3:5, 3:22, 6:5, 8:21, 13:13, 19:19, 24:50, 26:29, 28:8, 31:24, 31:29, 31:52, 37:2, 37:20, 37:33, 38:7, 39:9, 40:7, 41:3, 41:4, 41:19, 41:20, 41:21, 41:27, 44:4, 44:29, 44:34, 47:9, 48:16, 50:15, 50:17, 50:20

Exodus (7): 5:19, 10:10, 23:2, 32:12, 32:14, 32:22, 33:4

Leviticus (5): 26:6, 27:10, 27:12, 27:14, 27:33

Numbers (10): 11:1, 11:15, 13:19, 14:27, 14:35, 14:37, 20:5, 24:13, 32:13, 35:23

Deuteronomy (33): 1:35, 1:39, 4:25, 6:22, 7:15, 9:18, 13:5, 13:11, 15:21, 17:1, 17:2, 17:5, 17:7, 17:12, 19:19, 19:20, 21:21, 22:14, 22:19, 22:21, 22:22, 22:24, 23:9, 24:7, 28:35, 28:59, 29:21, 30:15, 31:17, 31:18, 31:21, 31:29, 32:23

Joshua (1): 23:15

Judges (18): 2:11, 2:15, 3:7, 3:12, 4:1, 6:1, 9:23, 9:56, 9:57, 10:6, 11:27, 13:1, 15:3, 20:3, 20:12, 20:13, 20:34, 20:41

1 Samuel (30): 2:23, 6:9, 10:19, 12:17, 12:19, 12:20, 15:19, 16:14, 16:15, 16:16, 16:23, 18:10, 19:9, 20:7, 20:9, 20:13, 23:9, 24:9, 24:11, 24:17, 25:3, 25:17, 25:21, 25:26, 25:28, 25:39, 26:18, 29:6, 29:7, 30:22

2 Samuel (14): 3:39, 12:9, 12:11, 12:18, 13:16, 13:22, 14:17, 15:14, 16:8, 17:14, 18:32, 19:7, 19:35, 24:16

1 Kings (25): 1:52, 2:44, 3:9, 5:4, 9:9, 11:6, 11:25, 13:33, 14:10, 14:22, 15:26, 15:34, 16:7, 16:19, 16:25, 16:30, 20:7, 21:20, 21:21, 21:25, 21:29, 22:8, 22:18, 22:23, 22:52

2 Kings (32): 2:19, 3:2, 4:41, 6:33, 8:12, 8:18, 8:27, 13:2, 13:11, 14:10, 14:24, 15:9, 15:18, 15:24, 15:28, 17:2, 17:11, 17:13, 17:17, 21:2, 21:6, 21:9, 21:12, 21:15, 21:16, 21:20, 22:16, 22:20, 23:32, 23:37, 24:9, 24:19

1 Chronicles (4): 2:3, 4:10, 7:23, 21:15

2 Chronicles (21): 7:14, 7:22, 12:14, 18:7, 18:17, 18:22, 20:9, 21:6, 21:19, 22:4, 25:19, 29:6, 33:2, 33:6, 33:9, 33:22, 34:24, 34:28, 36:5, 36:9, 36:12

Ezra (1): 9:13

Nehemiah (13): 1:3, 2:1, 2:2, 2:10, 2:17, 6:2, 6:13, 9:28, 9:35, 13:7, 13:17, 13:18, 13:27

Esther (6): 7:6, 7:7, 8:3, 8:6, 9:2, 9:25

Job (15): 1:1, 1:8, 2:3, 2:7, 2:10, 2:11, 5:19, 20:12, 21:30, 22:5, 28:28, 30:26, 31:29, 35:12, 42:11

Psalms (64): 5:4, 7:4, 7:9, 10:6, 10:15, 15:3, 21:11, 23:4, 27:5, 28:3, 34:13, 34:14, 34:16, 34:19, 34:21, 35:4, 35:12, 35:26, 36:4, 37:19, 37:27, 38:12, 38:20, 40:12, 40:14, 41:1, 41:5, 41:7, 49:5, 50:19, 51:4, 52:1, 52:3, 54:5, 55:15, 56:5, 64:5, 70:2, 71:13, 71:20, 71:24, 73:8, 78:49, 88:3, 90:15, 91:10, 94:13, 94:23, 97:10, 101:4, 107:26, 107:34, 107:39, 109:5, 109:20, 112:7, 119:101, 121:7, 140:1, 140:2, 140:11, 141:4, 141:5, 144:10

Proverbs (64): 1:16, 1:33, 2:12, 2:14, 3:7, 3:29, 3:30, 4:14, 4:27, 5:14, 6:14, 6:18, 6:24, 8:13, 11:15, 11:19, 11:21, 11:27, 12:12, 12:13, 12:20, 12:21, 13:17, 13:19, 13:21, 14:16, 14:19, 14:22, 14:32, 15:3, 15:10, 15:15, 15:26, 15:28, 16:4, 16:6, 16:17, 16:27, 16:30, 17:11, 17:13, 17:20, 19:23, 20:8, 20:14, 20:22, 20:30, 21:10, 21:12, 22:3, 23:6, 24:1, 24:16, 24:20, 25:20, 26:23, 26:26, 27:12, 28:5, 28:10, 28:14, 28:22, 29:6, 31:12

Ecclesiastes (28): 1:13, 2:17, 2:21, 4:3, 4:8, 5:1, 5:13, 5:14, 5:16, 6:1, 6:2, 7:14, 7:15, 8:3, 8:5, 8:6, 8:9, 8:11, 8:12, 9:2, 9:3, 9:12, 10:5, 10:13, 11:2, 11:10, 12:1, 12:14

Isaiah (18): 3:9, 5:20, 7:5, 7:15, 7:16, 13:11, 31:2, 32:7, 33:15, 45:7, 47:10, 47:11, 56:2, 57:1, 59:7, 59:15, 65:12, 66:4

Jeremiah (109): 1:14, 1:16, 2:3, 2:13, 2:19, 2:27, 2:28, 2:33, 3:2, 3:5, 3:17, 4:6, 4:14, 4:18, 5:12, 5:28, 6:1, 6:7, 6:19, 6:29, 7:6, 7:12, 7:24, 7:30, 8:3, 8:6, 9:3, 11:8, 11:11, 11:12, 11:14, 11:15, 11:17, 11:23, 12:4, 12:14, 13:10, 14:16, 15:11, 15:21, 16:10, 16:12, 17:17, 17:18, 18:8, 18:10, 18:11, 18:12, 18:20, 19:3, 19:15, 21:10, 22:22, 23:10, 23:11, 23:12, 23:14, 23:17, 23:22, 24:2, 24:3, 24:8, 24:9, 25:5, 25:7, 25:32, 26:3, 26:13, 26:19, 28:8, 29:11, 32:23, 32:30, 32:32, 32:42, 33:5, 35:15, 35:17, 36:3, 36:7, 36:31, 38:4, 39:12, 39:16, 40:2, 41:11, 42:6, 42:10, 42:17, 44:2, 44:3, 44:5, 44:7, 44:9, 44:11, 44:17, 44:23, 44:27, 44:29, 45:5, 48:2, 48:16, 49:23, 49:37, 51:2, 51:24, 51:60, 51:64, 52:2

Lamentations (3): 1:21, 1:22, 3:38

Ezekiel (22): 5:16, 5:17, 6:9, 6:10, 6:11, 7:5, 7:24, 8:9, 11:2, 13:22, 14:15, 14:21, 14:22, 16:23, 16:57, 20:43, 20:44, 30:12, 33:11, 34:25, 36:31, 38:10

Daniel (3): 9:12, 9:13, 9:14

Hosea (6): 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, 7:15, 9:15, 10:15

Joel (2): 2:13, 3:13

Amos (7): 3:6, 5:13, 5:14, 5:15, 6:3, 9:4, 9:10

Obadiah (1): 1:13

Jonah (8): 1:2, 1:7, 1:8, 3:8, 3:10, 4:1, 4:2, 4:6

Micah (6): 1:12, 2:1, 2:3, 3:2, 3:11, 7:3

Nahum (2): 1:11, 3:19

Habakkuk (2): 1:13, 2:9

Zephaniah (1): 3:15

Zechariah (4): 1:4, 1:15, 7:10, 8:17

Malachi (2): 1:8, 2:17

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).