רָשָׁע
ra.sah
“wicked”
Definition
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
from H7561 (רָשַׁע);
- wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
H:N
Hebrew Noun
Occurrences
רָשָׁע appears 222 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
“There is no peace,” says the LORD,“for the wicked.”
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
When he is tried, let him be found guilty,and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
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