Raa רָעַע

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Raa
רָעַע
Transliterationraa
Strong's numberH7489 (H7489A, H7489B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossbe evil
Occurrences107 in 104 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (16)

Raa (Hebrew רָעַע, Strong's H7489) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be evil”. It occurs 107 times in 104 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7489A: be evil

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)

H7489B: to shatter

1) to break, shatter
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to break
1a2) broken (participle)
1a3) to be broken
1b) (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder

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

Translated as

KJVevil (18), evildoers (9), hurt (7), wickedly (5), worse (5), wicked (4), ill (3), afflicted (3), harm (3), entreated (2), doers (2), break (2), and 18 other renderings
BSBharm (6), evildoers (6), wicked (6), evil (4), bring disaster (4), doing evil (3), mistreated (2), will begrudge (2), more evil (2), displeased (2), do such a wicked thing (1), we will treat you worse (1), and 57 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Raa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Jonah

Micah

Zephaniah

Zechariah

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).
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