רָשָׁע rasah
Hebrew word for “wicked” · Strong’s H7563 · used 263 times in 249 verses
Meaning
1) wicked, criminal; 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst);
How it is translated
Glosses given for rasah in context, with how often each is used:
- wicked people 130
- wicked 61
- wicked person 59
- guilty one 3
- guilty 2
- guilty person 2
- guilty ones 1
- ¿ the wicked 1
- like a wicked person 1
- wicked one 1
- will be the wicked 1
- will be wicked 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 82 | 4.2 | |
| Proverbs | 78 | 11.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 28 | 1.5 | |
| Job | 26 | 3.1 | |
| Isaiah | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | 2.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Habakkuk | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 |
Also in 8 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 37 (13), Proverbs 10 (12), Proverbs 11 (8), Proverbs 12 (7), Proverbs 21 (7), Ezekiel 33 (7), Psalms 119 (6), Psalms 10 (5), Proverbs 15 (5), Proverbs 24 (5)
Forms
- רשׁעים 105
- רשׁע 92
- לרשׁע 13
- הרשׁע 9
- הרשׁעים 8
- ורשׁעים 7
- מרשׁעים 6
- ורשׁע 5
- רשׁעי 3
- כרשׁע 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with rasah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 81
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 24
- רַע ra “bad” 23
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 18
- צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 13
- אָבַד avad “to perish” 12
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 16
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 17
- חָיָה chayah “to live” 12
- שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 11
- מוּת mut “to die” 15
- יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 9
Key verses
The verses using rasah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 18:25 — That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee:…
- 1 Samuel 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2 — And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD?…
- Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- Psalms 9:16 — The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- Psalms 10:3 — For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
- Proverbs 14:32 — The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Proverbs 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Isaiah 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and…
- Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
- Jeremiah 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all…
- Ezekiel 33:11 — Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye…
See all 249 verses in the Word Atlas
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.