Hebrew Strong's Lexicon

H7451

Lemma: רָע

Transliteration: rah

Definition: from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral): adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

KJV Definition: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong

Verse usage

Proverbionan 23:6 NASB
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies;
Proverbionan 24:20 NASB
For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Proverbionan 25:20 NASB
[Like] one who takes off a garment on a cold day, [or like] vinegar on soda, Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart.
Proverbionan 26:23 NASB
[Like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Proverbionan 28:5 NASB
Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the LORD understand all things.
Proverbionan 28:10 NASB
He who leads the upright astray in an evil way Will himself fall into his own pit, But the blameless will inherit good.
Proverbionan 28:22 NASB
A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth And does not know that want will come upon him.
Proverbionan 29:6 NASB
By transgression an evil man is ensnared, But the righteous sings and rejoices.
Proverbionan 31:12 NASB
She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
Predikador 1:13 NASB
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. [It] is a grievous task [which] God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Predikador 2:17 NASB
So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.
Predikador 4:3 NASB
But better [off] than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.
Predikador 4:8 NASB
There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches [and he never asked], "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
Predikador 5:1 NASB
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
Predikador 5:14 NASB
When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him.
Predikador 6:2 NASB
a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction.
Predikador 8:3 NASB
"Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases."
Predikador 8:5 NASB
He who keeps a [royal] command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.
Predikador 8:9 NASB
All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over [another] man to his hurt.
Predikador 8:11 NASB
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.