רִשְׁעָה
rish.ah
“wickedness”
Definition
wrong (especially moral)
feminine of H7562 (רֶשַׁע);
- wickedness, guilt 1a) wickedness (in civil relations) 1b) wickedness (of enemies) 1c) wickedness (ethical and religious)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
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Occurrences
רִשְׁעָה appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
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