רָעַע (ra.a) means “be evil” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: raw-ah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
רָעַע · ra.a · be evil
1) to be bad, be evil 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to be displeasing 1a2) to be sad 1a3) to be injurious, be evil 1a4) to be wicked, be evil (ethically) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to do an injury or hurt 1b2) to do evil or wickedly 1b3) mischief (participle)
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רָעַע · ra.a · to shatter
1) to break, shatter 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to break 1a2) broken (participle) 1a3) to be broken 1b) (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder
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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)
KJV glosses: 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.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| harm | 6 |
| of evildoers | 5 |
| of the wicked | 3 |
| and bring disaster | 2 |
| displeased | 2 |
| evil | 2 |
| more evil | 2 |
| to bring disaster | 2 |
| will begrudge | 2 |
| a costly | 1 |
| a wicked man | 1 |
| acting more wickedly | 1 |
| and acted more wickedly | 1 |
| and acted wickedly | 1 |
| and did more evil | 1 |
| and disapprove | 1 |
| and resented | 1 |
| and trouble came | 1 |
| and was displeased | 1 |
| and wicked | 1 |
| be distressed | 1 |
| be grieved | 1 |
| be sad | 1 |
| begrudgingly | 1 |
| bring harm | 1 |
| brought tragedy | 1 |
| can anyone smash | 1 |
| did you bring this trouble | 1 |
| distressed | 1 |
| disturbed | 1 |
| do no harm | 1 |
| do such a wicked thing | 1 |
| do this wicked thing | 1 |
| doing evil | 1 |
| from harming | 1 |
| has afflicted | 1 |
| has destroyed | 1 |
| have acted wickedly | 1 |
| have you brought this trouble | 1 |
| have you brought trouble | 1 |
| he has brought trouble | 1 |
| he shatters | 1 |
| he was displeased | 1 |
| huddle together | 1 |
| i have afflicted | 1 |
| in doing evil | 1 |
| is utterly broken apart | 1 |
| is wicked | 1 |
| it seems wrong | 1 |
| may come to ruin | 1 |
| mistreated | 1 |
| mistreated us | 1 |
| of evil men | 1 |
| of my wicked | 1 |
| or bad | 1 |
| or evil | 1 |
| or mistreated | 1 |
| over evildoers | 1 |
| the evil | 1 |
| the evildoers | 1 |
| the wicked | 1 |
| they do evil | 1 |
| this is displeasing | 1 |
| those who do evil | 1 |
| to doing evil | 1 |
| to harm me | 1 |
| upset | 1 |
| was also evil | 1 |
| was displeasing | 1 |
| was evil | 1 |
| was wicked | 1 |
| we will treat you worse | 1 |
| when the wicked | 1 |
| will be consumed | 1 |
| will be destroyed | 1 |
| will be worse | 1 |
| you crushed | 1 |
| you evildoers | 1 |
| you persist in doing evil | 1 |
| you will break them | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to do evil | 6 |
| of evildoers | 4 |
| of the wicked | 3 |
| evil entreated | 2 |
| hath done wickedly | 2 |
| no harm | 2 |
| they shall not hurt | 2 |
| a wicked doer | 1 |
| also was displeased | 1 |
| and an evildoer | 1 |
| and did worse | 1 |
| and do you hurt | 1 |
| and done evil | 1 |
| and her that i have afflicted | 1 |
| and i will do you no hurt | 1 |
| and if it seem evil | 1 |
| and it displease | 1 |
| and that will be worse | 1 |
| and to afflict | 1 |
| as they have behaved themselves ill | 1 |
| associate | 1 |
| be evil | 1 |
| break | 1 |
| broken down | 1 |
| but if ye shall still | 1 |
| do not so wickedly | 1 |
| do wickedly | 1 |
| evil | 1 |
| for evildoers | 1 |
| for i will no more do thee harm | 1 |
| for me against the evildoers | 1 |
| from hurting | 1 |
| from me ye evildoers | 1 |
| from them neither have i hurt | 1 |
| hast thou also brought evil | 1 |
| hath afflicted | 1 |
| have done evil | 1 |
| he hath done evil | 1 |
| he shall break in pieces | 1 |
| hurt | 1 |
| ill | 1 |
| indeed | 1 |
| is utterly | 1 |
| me now therefore if it displease thee | 1 |
| must shew himself friendly | 1 |
| neither will he do evil | 1 |
| not except they have done mischief | 1 |
| not thyself because of evil | 1 |
| not thyself because of evildoers | 1 |
| not to hurt | 1 |
| now will we deal worse | 1 |
| of evil doers | 1 |
| of it are broken | 1 |
| of the evildoers | 1 |
| of them for they cannot do evil | 1 |
| or do evil | 1 |
| the evil doers | 1 |
| they did worse | 1 |
| thou didst afflict | 1 |
| thou shalt break | 1 |
| to bring evil | 1 |
| to punish | 1 |
| unto thee but if it seem ill | 1 |
| vexed | 1 |
| when the wicked | 1 |
| wherefore hast thou afflicted | 1 |
| wickedly | 1 |
| worse | 1 |
| ye have done evil | 1 |
Page 1 of 3. 104 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
Read word by word“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
Read word by wordNow this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
Read word by wordBut God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
Read word by wordAnd although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
Read word by wordWhat he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
Read word by word“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
Read word by wordIs this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
Read word by wordWhen Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
Read word by wordSo Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
Read word by wordEver since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”
Read word by wordIf she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
Read word by wordOr if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.
Read word by wordThen Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
Read word by wordSo Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
Read word by wordThen Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
Read word by wordhow our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
Read word by word“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
Read word by wordBe careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Read word by wordGive generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
Read word by wordBut the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
Read word by wordThe most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
Read word by wordThe most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
Read word by wordBut if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
Read word by wordIf you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
Read word by wordThe owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
Read word by wordI went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
Read word by wordBut when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
Read word by wordBut if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
Read word by wordAnd Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
Read word by wordOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
Read word by wordThen Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
Read word by wordThen David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
Read word by wordAnd when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Read word by wordNow therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.8
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
Read word by wordYou have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
Read word by wordBut Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
Read word by wordThen he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
Read word by word“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
Read word by word‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’
Read word by wordThis command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
Read word by wordAnd David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
Read word by wordand replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
Read word by wordBut when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
Read word by wordAnd I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
Read word by wordBehold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
Read word by wordTotal darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
Read word by wordHe shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.
Read word by wordYou will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
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