רָשָׁע
râshâʻ · raw-shaw'
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7561 (רָשַׁע);
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- morally wrong
- concretely, an (actively) bad person
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
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 רָשָׁע 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
263 occurrences · 263 OT · 0 NT · 83 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the wicked82 · 38%
- the wicked48 · 22%
- and the wicked10 · 5%
- but the wicked10 · 5%
- with the wicked7 · 3%
- unto the wicked6 · 3%
- when the wicked6 · 3%
- a wicked4 · 2%
- from the wicked4 · 2%
- wicked4 · 2%
- and to the wicked3 · 1%
- of the ungodly3 · 1%
- that the wicked3 · 1%
- to the wicked3 · 1%
- for the wicked3 · 1%
- but if the wicked2 · 1%
- from his wicked2 · 1%
- o wicked2 · 1%
- let the wicked2 · 1%
- all the wicked2 · 1%
- how long shall the wicked2 · 1%
- but when the wicked2 · 1%
- of a wicked2 · 1%
- the ungodly2 · 1%
- are wicked2 · 1%
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.