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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. 2 Kings 14:24הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  2. 2 Kings 15:9הָרַע֙ · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  3. 2 Kings 15:18הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  4. 2 Kings 15:24הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  5. 2 Kings 15:28הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  6. 2 Kings 17:2הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
  7. 2 Kings 17:11רָעִ֔ים · wicked
    They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
  8. 2 Kings 17:13הָֽרָעִים֙ · from your wicked
    Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
  9. 2 Kings 17:17הָרַ֛ע · evil
    They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  10. 2 Kings 21:2הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  11. 2 Kings 21:6הָרַ֛ע · evil
    He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  12. 2 Kings 21:9הָרָ֔ע · greater evil
    But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
  13. 2 Kings 21:12רָעָ֔ה · [such] calamity
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.
  14. 2 Kings 21:15הָרַע֙ · evil
    …because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”
  15. 2 Kings 21:16הָרַ֖ע · evil
    Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
  16. 2 Kings 21:20הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
  17. 2 Kings 22:16רָעָ֛ה · calamity
    …that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,
  18. 2 Kings 22:20הָֽרָעָ֔ה · the calamity
    ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
  19. 2 Kings 23:32הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
  20. 2 Kings 23:37הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
  21. 2 Kings 24:9הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
  22. 2 Kings 24:19הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
  23. 1 Chronicles 2:3רַ֛ע · wicked
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
  24. 1 Chronicles 4:10מֵּרָעָ֖ה · from harm
    And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
  25. 1 Chronicles 7:23בְרָעָ֖ה · tragedy
    And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
  26. 1 Chronicles 21:15הָֽרָעָ֔ה · the calamity
    Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  27. 2 Chronicles 7:14הָרָעִ֑ים · their wicked
    …and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
  28. 2 Chronicles 7:22הָרָעָ֖ה · disaster
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  29. 2 Chronicles 12:14הָרָ֑ע
    And Rehoboam did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
  30. 2 Chronicles 18:7לְרָעָ֔ה · bad
    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  31. 2 Chronicles 18:17לְרָֽע׃ס · bad
    Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
  32. 2 Chronicles 18:22רָעָֽה׃ס · disaster
    So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”
  33. 2 Chronicles 20:9רָעָ֗ה · disaster
    ‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’
  34. 2 Chronicles 21:6הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  35. 2 Chronicles 21:19רָעִ֑ים · in severe
    This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.
  36. 2 Chronicles 22:4הָרַ֛ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
  37. 2 Chronicles 25:19בְּרָעָ֔ה · trouble
    You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
  38. 2 Chronicles 29:6הָרַ֛ע · evil
    For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
  39. 2 Chronicles 33:2הָרַ֖ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  40. 2 Chronicles 33:6הָרַ֛ע · evil
    He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  41. 2 Chronicles 33:9רָ֔ע · greater evil
    So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
  42. 2 Chronicles 33:22הָרַע֙ · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
  43. 2 Chronicles 34:24רָעָ֛ה · calamity
    …that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
  44. 2 Chronicles 34:28הָֽרָעָ֔ה · the calamity
    ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
  45. 2 Chronicles 36:5הָרַ֔ע · evil
    Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
  46. 2 Chronicles 36:9הָרַ֖ע · evil
    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  47. 2 Chronicles 36:12הָרַ֔ע · evil
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
  48. Ezra 9:13הָרָעִ֔ים · because of our evil
    After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
  49. Nehemiah 1:3בְּרָעָ֥ה · trouble
    And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
  50. Nehemiah 2:1רַ֖ע · sad
    Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,