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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. Nehemiah 2:2רָעִ֗ים · sad
    …so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
  2. Nehemiah 2:10רָעָ֣ה
    But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
  3. Nehemiah 2:17הָרָעָה֙ · the trouble
    Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
  4. Nehemiah 6:2רָעָֽה׃
    Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
  5. Nehemiah 6:13רָ֔ע · a bad
    He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
  6. Nehemiah 9:28רַ֖ע · evil
    But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
  7. Nehemiah 9:35הָרָעִֽים׃ · from their wicked
    For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
  8. Nehemiah 13:7בָרָעָ֗ה · the evil
    …to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
  9. Nehemiah 13:17הָרָ֤ע · evil
    Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
  10. Nehemiah 13:18הָרָעָ֣ה · disaster
    Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
  11. Nehemiah 13:27הָרָעָ֤ה · evil
    Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
  12. Esther 7:6הָרָ֖ע · wicked man
    Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
  13. Esther 7:7הָרָעָ֖ה · a terrible fate
    In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
  14. Esther 8:3רָעַת֙ · the evil
    And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
  15. Esther 8:6בָּרָעָ֖ה · the disaster
    For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
  16. Esther 9:2רָֽעָתָ֑ם · to harm them
    In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
  17. Esther 9:25הָרָעָ֛ה · that the wicked
    But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  18. Job 1:1מֵרָֽע׃ · evil
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
  19. Job 1:8מֵרָֽע׃ · evil
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
  20. Job 2:3מֵרָ֑ע · evil
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
  21. Job 2:7רָ֔ע · with terrible
    So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
  22. Job 2:10הָרָ֖ע · adversity
    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  23. Job 2:11הָרָעָ֣ה · adversity
    Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
  24. Job 5:19רָֽע׃ · harm
    He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
  25. Job 20:12רָעָ֑ה · evil
    Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
  26. Job 21:30רָ֑ע · the evil
    Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
  27. Job 22:5רָעָֽתְךָ֣ · your wickedness
    Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
  28. Job 28:28מֵרָ֣ע · from evil
    And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
  29. Job 30:26רָ֑ע · evil
    But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
  30. Job 31:29רָֽע׃ · evil
    If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
  31. Job 35:12רָעִֽים׃ · of evil men
    There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
  32. Job 42:11הָ֣רָעָ֔ה · the adversity
    All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
  33. Psalm 5:4רָֽע׃ · evil
    For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
  34. Psalm 7:4רָ֑ע · with evil
    …if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
  35. Psalm 7:9רַ֨ע׀ · to the evil
    Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
  36. Psalm 10:6בְרָֽע׃ · of distress
    He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
  37. Psalm 10:15וָ֝רָ֗ע · and evildoer
    Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
  38. Psalm 15:3רָעָ֑ה · harm
    …who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
  39. Psalm 21:11רָעָ֑ה · harm
    Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
  40. Psalm 23:4רָ֗ע · evil
    Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  41. Psalm 27:5רָ֫עָ֥ה · of trouble
    For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
  42. Psalm 28:3וְ֝רָעָ֗ה · while malice
    Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
  43. Psalm 34:13מֵרָ֑ע · from evil
    Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.
  44. Psalm 34:14מֵ֭רָע · from evil
    Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
  45. Psalm 34:16רָ֑ע · those who do evil
    But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
  46. Psalm 34:19רָע֣וֹת · [are] the afflictions
    Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
  47. Psalm 34:21רָעָ֑ה · Evil
    Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
  48. Psalm 35:4רָעָתִֽי׃ · to harm me
    May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
  49. Psalm 35:12רָ֭עָה · evil
    They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
  50. Psalm 35:26רָעָ֫תִ֥י · in my distress
    May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.