Strong's Definition
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: 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.
TWOT Reference: 2191,2192
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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)
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מֵרַע · רָע · רֹעַ · רָעָה
Wrong | verb hif
to act wickedly, to do wickedness, to do evil literally: to make (one's deeds) wrong; hence: = action by which humans behave in an evil or harmful way
Wrong | verb hif
to act wickedly, to do wickedness, to do evil = action by which humans behave in an evil or harmful way
GEN 19:7 · LEV 5:4 · JDG 19:23 · 1SA 12:25 · 1SA 12:25 · 1KI 16:25 · 1CH 21:17 · 1CH 21:17 · JOB 8:20 · PSA 22:17 · PSA 26:5 · PSA 27:2 · PSA 37:1 · PSA 37:8 · PSA 37:9 · PSA 64:3 · PSA 92:12 · PSA 94:16 · PSA 119:115 · PRO 4:16 · PRO 17:4 · PRO 24:8 · PRO 24:19 · ISA 1:4 · ISA 1:16 · ISA 9:16 · ISA 14:20 · ISA 31:2 · ISA 41:23 · JER 4:22 · JER 7:26 · JER 10:5 · JER 13:23 · JER 20:13 · JER 23:14 · ZEP 1:12
Wrong | verb hif
to act wickedly, to do wickedness, to do evil literally: to act wickedly (by doing); hence: = action by which humans behave in an evil or harmful way
Angry | verb qal
Collocation: רעע בְּעֵינַיִם
to displease literally: to be wrong or bad in the eyes (of someone); hence = state in which certain actions or patterns of behavior are considered bad or evil by (other) humans or deities, ► which often provokes them to anger
GEN 21:11 · GEN 21:12 · GEN 38:10 · GEN 48:17 · EXO 21:8 · NUM 11:10 · NUM 22:34 · JOS 24:15 · 1SA 8:6 · 1SA 18:8 · 2SA 11:25 · 2SA 11:27 · 1CH 21:7 · PRO 24:18 · ISA 59:15 · JER 40:4
Angry | verb qal
to displease, to make angry literally: to be wrong or bad (to someone); hence = state in which certain actions or patterns of behavior are considered bad or evil by (other) humans or deities, ► which often provokes them to anger
Grieve | verb qal
Collocation: לֵבָב רעע
to be sad, to be grudging literally: (one's) heart is bad; hence: = state in which humans feel distressed or miserable about a particular situation
Grieve | verb qal
Collocation: פָּנִים רעע
to be sad literally: (one's) face is bad; hence: = state in which humans feel distressed or miserable about a particular situation, which shows on their face
Unsafe | verb qal, verb nif
to suffer (harm), to go badly, to be in trouble = process by which humans experience difficulty or hardship as a consequence for wrong or harmful behavior
2SA 19:8 · PSA 106:32 · PRO 11:15 · PRO 13:20 · ISA 3:11 · JER 2:19
Unsafe | verb hif, verb qal | ≈ שׁחת
to do harm (to someone), to make suffer, to deal, treat harshly, to afflict = causative action by which humans or deities bring suffering or disaster upon humans, often as the result of wrong behavior
GEN 19:9 · GEN 31:7 · GEN 43:6 · EXO 5:22 · EXO 5:23 · NUM 11:11 · NUM 16:15 · NUM 20:15 · DEU 26:6 · JOS 24:20 · RUT 1:21 · 1SA 25:34 · 1SA 26:21 · 2SA 20:6 · 1KI 17:20 · 1CH 16:22 · PSA 15:4 · PSA 44:3 · PSA 105:15 · ISA 11:9 · ISA 65:25 · JER 25:6 · JER 25:29 · JER 31:28 · MIC 4:6 · ZEC 8:14
verb
Impact | verb qal, verb hit | ≈ אכל
to be broken, to be crushed, to be ruined = process by which objects are fractured or smashed
Impact | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb hif
to break, to crush = action by which humans break or destroy an object
Afraid | verb qal | ≈ חתת
to be broken, to be dismayed literally: to be broken; hence: = process by which the courage of humans is severely affected
Unsafe | verb hit
to come to ruin exact meaning unknown; possibly: = process by which humans come to face difficult circumstances
1 ISA 8:9 MT HOTTP-B RSV ESV "be broken" | NIV "raise the war cry" | NJPS NRSV "band together" GNT "gather together" = רעה | REB "take note" = ידע 2 PRO 18:24 NIV ESV "come to ruin" NJB "point the way to ruin" | RSV "to pretend to be friends" NJPS "to keep company" NRSV "play at friendship" = רעה 3 MIC 5:5 GNT "to conquer" CEV "to defeat" | RSV NRSV "to rule" NJPS ESV "to shepherd" = רעה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָעַע] 98 vb. denom. be evil, bad Qal be displeasing
be sad
be injurious, evil
be evil, wicked, ethically
Niph. suffer hurt
Hiph. 70 do an injury, hurt
do evil, wickedly
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[רָעַע] vb. break Qal trans. can one break iron, iron out of the north ?
intrans. break = be broken
Hithpō‛. the earth is broken asunder
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