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רָעַע

ra.abe evilHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb102 occurrences23 books99 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Traditional renderings: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רָעַע:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

102 total
  1. Genesis 19:7תָּרֵֽעוּ׃ · do such a wicked thing
    “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
  2. Genesis 19:9נָרַ֥ע · we will treat you worse
    “Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
  3. Genesis 21:11וַיֵּ֧רַע · distressed
    Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
  4. Genesis 21:12יֵרַ֤ע · be distressed
    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
  5. Genesis 31:7לְהָרַ֖ע · to harm me
    And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
  6. Genesis 38:10וַיֵּ֛רַע · was wicked
    What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
  7. Genesis 43:6הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם · did you bring this trouble
    “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
  8. Genesis 44:5הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם · is wicked
    Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
  9. Genesis 48:17וַיֵּ֣רַע · he was displeased
    When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
  10. Exodus 5:22הֲרֵעֹ֙תָה֙ · have You brought trouble
    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
  11. Exodus 5:23הֵרַ֖ע · he has brought trouble
    Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”
  12. Leviticus 5:4לְהָרַ֣ע׀ · evil
    Or if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.
  13. Numbers 11:10רָֽע׃
    Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
  14. Numbers 11:11הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙ · have You brought this trouble
    So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
  15. Numbers 16:15הֲרֵעֹ֖תִי · or mistreated
    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
  16. Numbers 20:15וַיָּרֵ֥עוּ · mistreated
    …how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
  17. Numbers 22:34רַ֥ע · this is displeasing
    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
  18. Deuteronomy 15:9וְרָעָ֣ה · begrudgingly
    Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  19. Deuteronomy 15:10יֵרַ֥ע · be grieved
    Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
  20. Deuteronomy 26:6וַיָּרֵ֧עוּ · mistreated us
    But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
  21. Deuteronomy 28:54תֵּרַ֨ע · will begrudge
    The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
  22. Deuteronomy 28:56תֵּרַ֤ע · will begrudge
    The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
  23. Joshua 24:20וְהֵרַ֤ע · and bring disaster
    If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
  24. Judges 19:23תָּרֵ֣עוּ · do this wicked thing
    The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
  25. Ruth 1:21הֵ֥רַֽע · has afflicted
    I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
  26. 1 Samuel 8:6וַיֵּ֤רַע · was displeasing
    But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
  27. 1 Samuel 12:25הָרֵ֖עַ · you persist in doing evil; תָּרֵ֑עוּ
    But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
  28. 1 Samuel 18:8וַיֵּ֤רַע · and resented
    And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
  29. 1 Samuel 25:34מֵהָרַ֖ע · from harming
    Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
  30. 1 Samuel 26:21אָרַ֤ע · harm
    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
  31. 2 Samuel 11:25יֵרַ֤ע · upset
    Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
  32. 2 Samuel 11:27וַיֵּ֧רַע · was evil
    And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
  33. 2 Samuel 19:7וְרָעָ֧ה · will be worse
    Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
  34. 1 Kings 14:9וַתָּ֣רַע · more evil
    You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
  35. 1 Kings 16:25וַיָּ֕רַע · and acted more wickedly
    But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
  36. 1 Kings 17:20הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ · brought tragedy
    Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
  37. 2 Kings 21:11הֵרַ֕ע · acting more wickedly
    “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
  38. 1 Chronicles 16:22תָּרֵֽעוּ׃פ · harm
    ‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’
  39. 1 Chronicles 21:7וַיֵּ֙רַע֙ · was also evil
    This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
  40. 1 Chronicles 21:17וְהָרֵ֣עַ · and acted wickedly; הֲרֵע֔וֹתִי
    And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
  41. Nehemiah 2:3יֵרְע֣וּ · be sad
    …and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
  42. Nehemiah 2:10וַיֵּ֥רַע · disturbed
    But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
  43. Nehemiah 13:8וַיֵּ֥רַֽע · displeased
    And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
  44. Job 8:20מְרֵעִֽים׃ · of evildoers
    Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
  45. Job 34:24יָרֹ֣עַ · He shatters
    He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
  46. Psalm 2:9תְּ֭רֹעֵם · You will break them
    You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
  47. Psalm 15:4לְ֝הָרַ֗ע · a costly
    …who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
  48. Psalm 22:16מְ֭רֵעִים · of evil men
    For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.