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HebrewH7451Adjective

רַע

ra

574Occurrences
H7451Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

from H7489 (רָעַע);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
harmful adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

רַע appears 574 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
108
Proverbs
64
Genesis
34
Psalms
34
2 Kings
32
Deuteronomy
29
1 Samuel
27
Ecclesiastes
24

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:3BSB

The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

2 Samuel 16:8BSB

The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”

Genesis 31:29BSB

I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’

Jeremiah 25:32BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“Behold! Disaster is spreadingfrom nation to nation;a mighty storm is risingfrom the ends of the earth.”

Nehemiah 6:2BSB

Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.”But they were planning to harm me.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.