HebrewH7455Noun (Masculine)

רֹעַ

ro.a

19Occurrences
H7455Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

badness (as marring), physically or morally

from H7489 (רָעַע);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. badness, evil 1a) badness, bad quality 1b) wilfulness 1c) evil, badness (ethical) 1d) sadness

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

רֹעַ appears 19 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
11
1 Samuel
1
Deuteronomy
1
Ecclesiastes
1
Genesis
1
Hosea
1
Isaiah
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 17:28BSB

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

Genesis 41:19BSB

After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

Jeremiah 21:12BSB

O house of David, this is what the LORD says:‘Administer justice every morning,and rescue the victim of robberyfrom the hand of his oppressor,or My wrath will go forth like fireand burn with no one to extinguish itbecause of their evil deeds.

Jeremiah 24:2BSB

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Jeremiah 25:5BSB

The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

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