רִשְׁעָה
rishʻâh · rish-aw'
wrong (especially moral)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H7562 (רֶשַׁע);
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: fault, wickedly(-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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy › to see and know › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רִשְׁעָה 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- but for the wickedness2 · 13%
- from his wickedness2 · 13%
- to his fault1 · 7%
- by his own wickedness1 · 7%
- but wickedness1 · 7%
- for wickedness1 · 7%
- into wickedness1 · 7%
- shall be upon him, and the wickedness1 · 7%
- as for the wickedness1 · 7%
- this is wickedness1 · 7%
- of wickedness1 · 7%
- wickedness1 · 7%
- wickedly1 · 7%
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.