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רַע

rabad: harmfulHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdjective664 occurrences36 books623 verses

Definition

from H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Traditional renderings: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

664 total
  1. Genesis 2:9וָרָֽע׃ · and evil
    Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  2. Genesis 2:17וָרָ֔ע · and evil
    …but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
  3. Genesis 3:5וָרָֽע׃ · and evil
    “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
  4. Genesis 3:22וָרָ֑ע · and evil
    Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
  5. Genesis 6:5רָעַ֥ת · the wickedness; רַ֖ע · evil
    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
  6. Genesis 8:21רַ֖ע · is evil
    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
  7. Genesis 13:13רָעִ֖ים · were wicked
    But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
  8. Genesis 19:19הָרָעָ֖ה · the disaster
    Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
  9. Genesis 24:50רַ֥ע
    Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
  10. Genesis 26:29רָעָ֗ה · harm
    …that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
  11. Genesis 28:8רָע֖וֹת · disapproved of
    And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
  12. Genesis 31:24רָֽע׃ · bad
    But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
  13. Genesis 31:29רָ֑ע · great harm; רָֽע׃ · bad
    I have power to do you great harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
  14. Genesis 31:52לְרָעָֽה׃ · to harm me
    This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
  15. Genesis 37:2רָעָ֖ה · a bad
    This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
  16. Genesis 37:20רָעָ֖ה · that a vicious
    “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
  17. Genesis 37:33רָעָ֖ה · A vicious
    His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
  18. Genesis 38:7רַ֖ע · was wicked
    But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
  19. Genesis 39:9הָרָעָ֤ה · evil
    No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
  20. Genesis 40:7רָעִ֖ים · so downcast
    So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
  21. Genesis 41:3רָע֥וֹת · sickly
    After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
  22. Genesis 41:4רָע֤וֹת · [that were] sickly
    And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,
  23. Genesis 41:19וְרָע֥וֹת · sickly
    After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
  24. Genesis 41:20וְהָרָע֑וֹת · ugly
    Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
  25. Genesis 41:21רַ֔ע · was as ugly
    When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
  26. Genesis 41:27וְהָרָעֹ֜ת · ugly
    Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
  27. Genesis 44:4רָעָ֖ה · with evil
    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
  28. Genesis 44:29בְּרָעָ֖ה · in sorrow
    Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
  29. Genesis 44:34בָרָ֔ע · the misery
    For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
  30. Genesis 47:9וְרָעִ֗ים · and hard
    “My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
  31. Genesis 48:16רָ֗ע · harm
    …the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
  32. Genesis 50:15הָ֣רָעָ֔ה · the evil
    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
  33. Genesis 50:17רָעָ֣ה · you wrong
    ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
  34. Genesis 50:20רָעָ֑ה · for evil
    As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
  35. Exodus 5:19בְּרָ֣ע · they were in trouble
    The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
  36. Exodus 10:10רָעָ֖ה · on evil
    Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
  37. Exodus 21:8רָעָ֞ה · she is displeasing
    If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
  38. Exodus 23:2לְרָעֹ֑ת · in wrongdoing
    You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
  39. Exodus 32:12בְּרָעָ֤ה · with evil intent; הָרָעָ֖ה · harm
    Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
  40. Exodus 32:14הָ֣רָעָ֔ה · the calamity
    So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
  41. Exodus 32:22בְרָ֖ע · are intent on evil
    “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
  42. Exodus 33:4הָרָ֛ע · bad
    When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
  43. Leviticus 26:6רָעָה֙ · of dangerous
    And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
  44. Leviticus 27:10בְּרָ֖ע · for bad; רַ֣ע · bad
    He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
  45. Leviticus 27:12רָ֑ע · or low
    The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.
  46. Leviticus 27:14רָ֑ע · bad
    Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.