רִשְׁעָה rishah
Hebrew word for “wickedness” · Strong’s H7564 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) wickedness, guilt; 1a) wickedness (in civil relations); 1b) wickedness (of enemies); 1c) wickedness (ethical and religious)
How it is translated
Glosses given for rishah in context, with how often each is used:
- wickedness 15
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 9 (2), Ezekiel 18 (2), Ezekiel 33 (2), Deuteronomy 25 (1), Proverbs 11 (1), Proverbs 13 (1), Isaiah 9 (1), Ezekiel 5 (1), Zechariah 5 (1), Malachi 1 (1)
Forms
- רשׁעה 4
- ורשׁעת 2
- מרשׁעתו 2
- וברשׁעת 1
- ברשׁעת 1
- רשׁעתו 1
- וברשׁעתו 1
- ורשׁעה 1
- לרשׁעה 1
- הרשׁעה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with rishah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 8
- רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 6
- זֵד zed “arrogant” 2
- חָיָה chayah “to live” 3
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 4
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 3
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 3
- בָּעַר baar “to burn” 2
- צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 2
- יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 2
- הֶם hem “them” 3
- חָטָא chata “to sin” 2
Key verses
The verses using rishah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 9:4 — Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to…
- Deuteronomy 9:5 — Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God…
- Proverbs 11:5 — The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- Proverbs 13:6 — Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
- Isaiah 9:18 — For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the…
- Ezekiel 5:6 — And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have…
- Ezekiel 18:20 — The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the…
- Ezekiel 18:27 — Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
- Ezekiel 33:12 — Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as…
- Malachi 1:4 — Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw…
- Malachi 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
- Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…
See all 15 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.