רָשַׁע rasah

Hebrew word for “be wicked” · Strong’s H7561 · used 34 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

1) to be wicked, act wickedly;

How it is translated

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

• have acted wickedly 8
• will condemn as guilty 4
• condemn as guilty 3
• acted wickedly 2
• guilty 2
• condemns as guilty 2
• will condemn as guilty ! 1
• act wickedly 1
• will be guilty 1
• had condemned as guilty 1
• acts wickedly 1
• will you condemn as guilty 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Job 10 (3), Job 34 (3), 1 Kings 8 (2), Job 9 (2), Daniel 9 (2), Exodus 22 (1), Deuteronomy 25 (1), 1 Samuel 14 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 2 Chronicles 6 (1)

Forms

• ירשׁיע 3
• רשׁעתי 3
• הרשׁענו 3
• והרשׁיעו 2
• להרשׁיע 2
• רשׁענו 2
• ירשׁיעני 2
• ארשׁע 2
• תרשׁיעני 2
• ירשׁיען 1

Words used with it

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

• צָדֵק tsadaq “to justify” 6
• עָוָה avah “to pervert” 4
• צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 6
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 6
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 5
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 4
• אַף aph “also” 3
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 3
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 4
• שָׁבָה shavah “to take captive” 2
• חָנַן chanan “be gracious” 2
• מָה mah “what?” 3

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 25:1 — If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the…
• 1 Kings 8:47 — Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that…
• Nehemiah 9:33 — Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
• Job 9:20 — If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
• Job 10:7 — Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
• Job 34:29 — When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a…
• Job 40:8 — Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
• Psalms 106:6 — We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
• Proverbs 17:15 — He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
• Isaiah 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the…
• Daniel 9:5 — We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
• Daniel 12:10 — Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

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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.