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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. Ezekiel 13:22הָרָ֖ע · the wicked
    Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
  2. Ezekiel 14:15רָעָ֛ה · I send wild
    Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
  3. Ezekiel 14:21הָרָעִ֡ים · dire; רָעָה֙ · wild
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
  4. Ezekiel 14:22הָֽרָעָה֙ · the disaster
    Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
  5. Ezekiel 16:23רָעָתֵ֑ךְ · your other wickedness
    Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
  6. Ezekiel 16:57רָעָתֵךְ֒ · your wickedness
    …before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.
  7. Ezekiel 20:43רָעוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם · the evils
    There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
  8. Ezekiel 20:44הָרָעִ֜ים · your wicked
    Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
  9. Ezekiel 30:12רָעִ֑ים · the wicked
    I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
  10. Ezekiel 33:11הָרָעִ֛ים · from your evil
    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  11. Ezekiel 34:25רָעָ֖ה · wild
    I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
  12. Ezekiel 36:31הָרָעִ֔ים · your evil
    Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
  13. Ezekiel 38:10רָעָֽה׃ · an evil
    This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
  14. Daniel 9:12רָעָ֣ה · disaster
    You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
  15. Daniel 9:13הָרָעָ֥ה · disaster
    Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
  16. Daniel 9:14הָ֣רָעָ֔ה · has kept the calamity
    Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
  17. Hosea 7:1וְרָע֣וֹת · as well as the crimes
    When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
  18. Hosea 7:2רָעָתָ֖ם · their evil
    But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
  19. Hosea 7:3בְּרָעָתָ֖ם · with their evil
    They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
  20. Hosea 7:15רָֽע׃ · evil
    Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.
  21. Hosea 9:15רָעָתָ֤ם · their evil
    All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
  22. Hosea 10:15רָעַ֣ת · wickedness; רָֽעַתְכֶ֑ם · your great
    Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
  23. Joel 2:13הָרָעָֽה׃ · sending disaster
    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
  24. Joel 3:13רָעָתָֽם׃ · their wickedness
    Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
  25. Amos 3:6רָעָה֙ · calamity
    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
  26. Amos 5:13רָעָ֖ה · are evil
    Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
  27. Amos 5:14רָ֖ע · evil
    Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
  28. Amos 5:15רָע֙ · evil
    Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
  29. Amos 6:3רָ֑ע · of calamity
    You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
  30. Amos 9:4לְרָעָ֖ה · for harm
    Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
  31. Amos 9:10הָרָעָֽה׃ · Disaster
    All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
  32. Obadiah 1:13בְּרָעָת֖וֹ · their affliction
    You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.
  33. Jonah 1:2רָעָתָ֖ם · its wickedness
    “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
  34. Jonah 1:7הָרָעָ֥ה · calamity
    “Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
  35. Jonah 1:8הָרָעָ֥ה · calamity
    “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
  36. Jonah 3:8הָֽרָעָ֔ה · his evil
    Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
  37. Jonah 3:10הָרָעָ֑ה · from their evil; הָרָעָ֛ה · the disaster
    When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
  38. Jonah 4:1רָעָ֣ה
    Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
  39. Jonah 4:2הָרָעָֽה׃ · sending disaster
    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
  40. Jonah 4:6מֵרָֽעָת֑וֹ · discomfort
    So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
  41. Micah 1:12רָע֙ · calamity
    For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
  42. Micah 2:1רָ֖ע · evil
    Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
  43. Micah 2:3רָעָ֑ה · a disaster; רָעָ֖ה · of calamity
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
  44. Micah 3:2רָעָה · evil
    You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
  45. Micah 3:11רָעָֽה׃ · disaster
    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  46. Micah 7:3הָרַ֤ע · at evil
    Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.