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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. Judges 3:7הָרַע֙ · evil
    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
  2. Judges 3:12הָרַ֖ע · evil; הָרַ֖ע · evil
    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
  3. Judges 4:1הָרַ֖ע · evil
    After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  4. Judges 6:1הָרַ֖ע · evil
    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
  5. Judges 9:23רָעָ֔ה · of animosity
    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,
  6. Judges 9:56רָעַ֣ת · the wickedness
    In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
  7. Judges 9:57רָעַת֙ · the wickedness
    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
  8. Judges 10:6הָרַע֮ · evil
    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
  9. Judges 11:27רָעָ֖ה · wrong
    I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
  10. Judges 13:1הָרַ֖ע · evil
    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
  11. Judges 15:3רָעָֽה׃ · harm
    Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”
  12. Judges 20:3הָרָעָ֥ה · wicked thing
    (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
  13. Judges 20:12הָרָעָ֣ה · wickedness
    And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
  14. Judges 20:13רָעָ֖ה · of this evil
    Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
  15. Judges 20:34הָרָעָֽה׃פ · disaster [was]
    Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
  16. Judges 20:41הָרָעָֽה׃ · disaster
    Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
  17. 1 Samuel 2:23רָעִ֔ים · your wicked
    “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
  18. 1 Samuel 6:9הָרָעָ֥ה · disaster
    …but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
  19. 1 Samuel 10:19רָעוֹתֵיכֶ֣ם · your troubles
    But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
  20. 1 Samuel 12:17רָעַתְכֶ֤ם · evil
    Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
  21. 1 Samuel 12:19רָעָ֔ה · the evil
    They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
  22. 1 Samuel 12:20הָרָעָ֖ה · evil
    “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
  23. 1 Samuel 15:19הָרַ֖ע · evil
    So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
  24. 1 Samuel 16:14רָעָ֖ה · of distress
    Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
  25. 1 Samuel 16:15רָעָ֖ה · of distress
    Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.
  26. 1 Samuel 16:16רָעָ֔ה · of distress
    Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
  27. 1 Samuel 16:23הָרָעָֽה׃פ · of distress
    And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
  28. 1 Samuel 18:10רָעָ֤ה׀ · of distress
    The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
  29. 1 Samuel 19:9רָעָה֙ · of distress
    But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
  30. 1 Samuel 20:7הָרָעָ֖ה · he has evil
    If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
  31. 1 Samuel 20:9הָרָעָ֜ה · had evil
    “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
  32. 1 Samuel 20:13הָֽרָעָה֙ · bring evil
    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
  33. 1 Samuel 23:9הָרָעָ֑ה · evil
    When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”
  34. 1 Samuel 24:9רָעָתֶֽךָ׃ · to harm you
    …and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?
  35. 1 Samuel 24:11רָעָ֤ה · evil
    See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
  36. 1 Samuel 24:17הָרָעָֽה׃ · with evil
    …and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
  37. 1 Samuel 25:3וְרַ֥ע · and evil
    His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
  38. 1 Samuel 25:17הָרָעָ֛ה · disaster
    Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
  39. 1 Samuel 25:21רָעָ֖ה · evil
    Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
  40. 1 Samuel 25:26רָעָֽה׃ · harm
    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
  41. 1 Samuel 25:28וְרָעָ֛ה · May no evil
    Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
  42. 1 Samuel 25:39מֵֽרָעָ֔ה · from evil; רָעַ֣ת · the wickedness
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
  43. 1 Samuel 26:18רָעָֽה׃ · evil
    And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
  44. 1 Samuel 29:6רָעָ֔ה · fault
    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
  45. 1 Samuel 29:7רָ֔ע
    Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
  46. 1 Samuel 30:22רָ֣ע · the wicked
    …but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
  47. 2 Samuel 3:39הָרָעָ֖ה; כְּרָעָתֽוֹ׃פ · according to his evil
    And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”