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רָעַע H7489
H7489 is the Hebrew word רָעַע, transliterated râʻaʻ and said raw-ah'. The King James Version most often renders it evildoers.
What it means
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 33 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of 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.
Verses using רָעַע
The first 40 of 68 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 19:9 · KJV
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Genesis 31:7 · KJV
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis 43:6 · KJV
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Genesis 44:5 · KJV
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
Exodus 5:22 · KJV
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Exodus 5:23 · KJV
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Leviticus 5:4 · KJV
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Numbers 11:10 · KJV
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
Numbers 11:11 · KJV
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Numbers 16:15 · KJV
And 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.
Numbers 20:15 · KJV
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Numbers 22:34 · KJV
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Deuteronomy 15:9 · KJV
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Deuteronomy 26:6 · KJV
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Joshua 24:15 · KJV
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Joshua 24:20 · KJV
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Judges 19:23 · KJV
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
1 Samuel 12:25 · KJV
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
1 Samuel 25:34 · KJV
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
1 Samuel 26:21 · KJV
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
2 Samuel 19:7 · KJV
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
1 Kings 14:9 · KJV
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
1 Kings 16:25 · KJV
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
1 Kings 17:20 · KJV
And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
2 Kings 21:11 · KJV
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
1 Chronicles 16:22 · KJV
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
1 Chronicles 21:17 · KJV
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
Job 34:24 · KJV
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
Psalm 2:9 · KJV
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Psalm 15:4 · KJV
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalm 22:16 · KJV
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalm 26:5 · KJV
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Psalm 27:2 · KJV
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 37:1 · KJV
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalm 37:9 · KJV
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalm 44:2 · KJV
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Psalm 64:2 · KJV
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalm 74:3 · KJV
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Psalm 92:11 · KJV
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
Psalm 94:16 · KJV
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Common questions
What does Strong's H7489 mean?
H7489 is the Hebrew word רָעַע (râʻaʻ), meaning properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally).
How is H7489 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it evildoers (6 times), evil (5 times), done evil (4 times), worse (4 times), hurt (3 times), among others.
How many times does H7489 appear in the Bible?
רָעַע (râʻaʻ) is tagged in 68 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7489 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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