רֶשַׁע resah

Hebrew word for “wickedness” · Strong’s H7562 · used 30 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

1) wrong, wickedness, guilt;

How it is translated

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

• wickedness 30

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Job 34 (2), Isaiah 58 (2), Micah 6 (2), Deuteronomy 9 (1), 1 Samuel 24 (1), Job 35 (1), Psalms 5 (1), Psalms 10 (1), Psalms 45 (1), Psalms 84 (1)

Forms

• רשׁע 17
• הרשׁע 3
• רשׁעו 2
• ברשׁע 2
• מרשׁעו 2
• מרשׁע 1
• רשׁעך 1
• רשׁענו 1
• כרשׁעו 1

Words used with it

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

• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 5
• צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 4
• עַוְלָה avlah “injustice” 3
• בַּל bal “not” 3
• אָדָם adam “man” 4
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 3
• צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 3
• פָּעַל paal “to work” 2
• חָמָס chamas “violence” 2
• אוֹצָר otsar “treasure” 2
• אָוֶן aven “evil” 2
• רַע ra “bad” 3

Key verses

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

• Job 34:10 — Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
• Psalms 45:7 — Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Psalms 84:10 — For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
• Psalms 125:3 — For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
• Psalms 141:4 — Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
• Ecclesiastes 3:16 — And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
• Ecclesiastes 7:25 — I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and…
• Ecclesiastes 8:8 — There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither…
• Isaiah 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every…
• Ezekiel 3:19 — Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
• Ezekiel 7:11 — Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.
• Micah 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

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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.