רָעַע raa

Hebrew word for “be evil” · Strong’s H7489 · used 107 times in 104 verses

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Meaning

1) to be bad, be evil;

Senses in the lexicon

• be evil (99)
• to shatter (8)

How it is translated

Glosses given for raa in context, with how often each is used:

• displeasing 16
• evil-doers 15
• do harm 9
• do evil 8
• will do harm 7
• have done evil 5
• bad 4
• will be evil 4
• have you done harm 3
• will be bad 3
• has done harm 2
• have done harm to 2

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 37 (3), Proverbs 24 (3), Genesis 19 (2), Genesis 21 (2), Exodus 5 (2), Numbers 11 (2), Deuteronomy 15 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), Joshua 24 (2), 2 Samuel 11 (2)

Forms

• מרעים 14
• וירע 13
• להרע 8
• ירע 7
• הרע 7
• תרעו 5
• רע 5
• ירעו 5
• הרעתם 3
• תרע 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with raa more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עַיִן ayin “eye” 26
• אַל al “not” 12
• חָרָה charah “to be incensed” 7
• יָטַב yatav “be good” 7
• מְאֹד meod “much” 8
• נִי ni “me” 10
• רַע ra “bad” 9
• זֶה zeh “this” 10
• ךָּ ka “you” 8
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 9
• קָרָא qara “to call” 8
• אָב av “father” 9

Key verses

The verses using raa that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Joshua 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side…
• 1 Kings 14:9 — But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me…
• Psalms 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
• Psalms 44:2 — How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
• Proverbs 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
• Isaiah 1:4 — Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One…
• Isaiah 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Isaiah 3:11 — Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
• Isaiah 8:9 — Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces;…
• Isaiah 11:9 — They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
• Jeremiah 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they…
• Jeremiah 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.