רָעַע
râʻaʻ · raw-ah'
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
- properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces)
- figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, [idiom] indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to see and know › to see and know
The head, the highest that works to see and know that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָעַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
107 occurrences · 107 OT · 0 NT · 87 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to do evil6 · 17%
- of evildoers4 · 11%
- of the wicked2 · 6%
- no harm2 · 6%
- they shall not hurt2 · 6%
- wherefore hast thou afflicted1 · 3%
- he hath done evil1 · 3%
- now will we deal worse1 · 3%
- wherefore hast thou so evil entreated1 · 3%
- and if it seem evil1 · 3%
- but if ye shall still1 · 3%
- also was displeased1 · 3%
- ye have done evil1 · 3%
- from them, neither have i hurt1 · 3%
- be evil1 · 3%
- me: now therefore, if it displease thee1 · 3%
- vexed1 · 3%
- evil entreated1 · 3%
- wherefore dealt ye so ill1 · 3%
- and do you hurt1 · 3%
- nay, i pray you, do not so wickedly1 · 3%
- hath afflicted1 · 3%
- not to hurt1 · 3%
- do wickedly1 · 3%
- do not so wickedly1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.