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רַע

rabad: harmfulHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective664 occurrences36 books623 verses

Definition

from H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Traditional renderings: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רַע:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

664 total
  1. Jeremiah 35:17הָ֣רָעָ֔ה · the disaster
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
  2. Jeremiah 36:3הָ֣רָעָ֔ה · the calamity; הָרָעָ֔ה · from his wicked
    Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
  3. Jeremiah 36:7הָרָעָ֑ה · from his wicked
    Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
  4. Jeremiah 36:31הָרָעָ֛ה · the calamity
    I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
  5. Jeremiah 38:4לְרָעָֽה׃ · their ruin
    Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  6. Jeremiah 39:12רָּ֑ע · harm
    “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”
  7. Jeremiah 39:16לְרָעָ֖ה · for harm
    “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
  8. Jeremiah 40:2הָרָעָ֣ה · disaster
    The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,
  9. Jeremiah 41:11הָֽרָעָה֙ · the crimes
    When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,
  10. Jeremiah 42:6רָ֔ע · unpleasant
    Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
  11. Jeremiah 42:10הָ֣רָעָ֔ה · the disaster
    ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
  12. Jeremiah 42:17הָֽרָעָ֔ה · the disaster
    So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
  13. Jeremiah 44:2הָֽרָעָה֙ · the disaster
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
  14. Jeremiah 44:3רָעָתָ֗ם · the evil
    …because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
  15. Jeremiah 44:5מֵרָֽעָתָ֑ם · from their wickedness
    But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
  16. Jeremiah 44:7רָעָ֤ה · harm
    So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
  17. Jeremiah 44:9רָע֨וֹת · the wickedness; רָע֣וֹת׀; רָע֣וֹת; רָעֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם · the wickedness that; רָעֹ֣ת · and
    Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
  18. Jeremiah 44:11לְרָעָ֑ה · to bring disaster
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
  19. Jeremiah 44:17וְרָעָ֖ה · disaster
    Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
  20. Jeremiah 44:23הָרָעָ֥ה · disaster
    Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
  21. Jeremiah 44:27לְרָעָ֖ה · for harm
    I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
  22. Jeremiah 44:29לְרָעָֽה׃ס · of harm
    This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
  23. Jeremiah 45:5רָעָ֤ה · disaster
    But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
  24. Jeremiah 48:2רָעָ֔ה · evil
    There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
  25. Jeremiah 48:16וְרָ֣עָת֔וֹ · and his affliction
    Moab’s calamity is at hand, and his affliction is rushing swiftly.
  26. Jeremiah 49:23רָעָ֛ה · a bad
    Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
  27. Jeremiah 49:37רָעָ֛ה · disaster
    So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
  28. Jeremiah 51:2רָעָֽה׃ · of disaster
    I will send strangers to Babylon to winnow her and empty her land; for they will come against her from every side in her day of disaster.
  29. Jeremiah 51:24רָעָתָ֛ם · the evil
    Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
  30. Jeremiah 51:60הָרָעָ֛ה · the disaster
    Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
  31. Jeremiah 51:64הָרָעָ֗ה · the disaster
    Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
  32. Jeremiah 52:2הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
  33. Lamentations 1:21רָֽעָתִי֙ · of my trouble
    People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.
  34. Lamentations 1:22רָעָתָ֤ם · their wickedness
    Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
  35. Lamentations 3:38הָרָע֖וֹת · both adversity
    Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
  36. Ezekiel 5:16הָרָעִ֤ים · with the deadly
    When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
  37. Ezekiel 5:17רָעָה֙ · and wild
    I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”
  38. Ezekiel 6:9הָֽרָעוֹת֙ · the evil
    Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
  39. Ezekiel 6:10הָרָעָ֥ה · calamity
    And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.
  40. Ezekiel 6:11רָע֖וֹת · the wicked
    This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
  41. Ezekiel 7:5רָעָ֛ה · Disaster; רָעָ֖ה · disaster
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming!
  42. Ezekiel 7:24רָעֵ֣י · the most wicked
    So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
  43. Ezekiel 8:9הָרָע֔וֹת · the wicked
    Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
  44. Ezekiel 11:2רָ֖ע · wicked
    And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.