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ro.a H7455

רֹעַ (ro.a) means “evil” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רֹעַ Hebrew · H7455 19 tagged occurrences in 19 verses

Pronunciation guide: ro'-ah Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7455

רֹעַ · ro.a · evil

1) badness, evil 1a) badness, bad quality 1b) wilfulness 1c) evil, badness (ethical) 1d) sadness

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H7489 (רָעַע); badness (as marring), physically or morally

KJV glosses: [idiom] be so bad, badness, ([idiom] be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.

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How translators render H7455

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
so bad 4
and 2
the evil 2
the wickedness 2
your evil 2
a sad 1
and wickedness 1
for the evil 1
of evil 1
sadness 1
such ugly 1
their evil 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of the evil 4
they are so evil 3
and from the evil 2
and according to the wickedness 1
and the naughtiness 1
but sorrow 1
for badness 1
for by the sadness 1
of the wickedness 1
the evil 1
them for the wickedness 1
they were so bad 1
upon you the evil 1

Verses containing H7455

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  1. Genesis 41:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

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  2. Deuteronomy 28:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

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  3. 1 Samuel 17:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

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  4. Nehemiah 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

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  5. Psalms 28:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

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  6. Ecclesiastes 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

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  7. Isaiah 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

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  8. Jeremiah 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

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  9. Jeremiah 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.

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  10. Jeremiah 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.

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  11. Jeremiah 23:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”

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  12. Jeremiah 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

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  13. Jeremiah 24:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”

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  14. Jeremiah 24:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

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  15. Jeremiah 25:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

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  16. Jeremiah 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

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  17. Jeremiah 29:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

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  18. Jeremiah 44:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

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  19. Hosea 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

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