רֶשַׁע
reshaʻ · reh'-shah
a wrong (especially moral)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7561 (רָשַׁע);
a wrong (especially moral)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: iniquity, wicked(-ness).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- 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 consume, to destroy › to see and know
The head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֶשַׁע 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
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of wickedness7 · 23%
- wickedness4 · 13%
- nor to their wickedness1 · 3%
- with wicked1 · 3%
- that he should do wickedness1 · 3%
- thy wickedness1 · 3%
- in wickedness1 · 3%
- his wickedness1 · 3%
- of the wicked1 · 3%
- wicked1 · 3%
- and wickedness1 · 3%
- by wickedness1 · 3%
- that wickedness1 · 3%
- that iniquity1 · 3%
- the wickedness1 · 3%
- neither shall wickedness1 · 3%
- our wickedness1 · 3%
- not from his wickedness1 · 3%
- for his wickedness1 · 3%
- from his wickedness1 · 3%
- with the wicked1 · 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.