H7489 רָעַע
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 83 KJV occurrences
רָעַע
râʻaʻ · raw-ah'
Definition
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV Renderings
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.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 83)
- Genesis 19:7And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
- Numbers 16:15And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
- 1 Samuel 12:25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
- Job 8:20Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
- Psalms 44:2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
- Proverbs 24:8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
- Isaiah 31:2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
- Jeremiah 20:13Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.