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רָשָׁע H7563
H7563 is the Hebrew word רָשָׁע, transliterated râshâʻ and said raw-shaw'. The King James Version most often renders it wicked.
What it means
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person.
Where it comes from
from H7561 (רָשַׁע).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 212 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Verses using רָשָׁע
The first 40 of 212 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 18:25 · KJV
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Exodus 2:13 · KJV
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Exodus 23:1 · KJV
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Numbers 16:26 · KJV
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
Numbers 35:31 · KJV
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 25:2 · KJV
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
1 Samuel 2:9 · KJV
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1 Samuel 24:13 · KJV
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
2 Samuel 4:11 · KJV
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
1 Kings 8:32 · KJV
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 6:23 · KJV
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 19:2 · KJV
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
Job 3:17 · KJV
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job 8:22 · KJV
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job 9:24 · KJV
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Job 11:20 · KJV
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 15:20 · KJV
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 18:5 · KJV
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 20:5 · KJV
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 20:29 · KJV
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Job 21:7 · KJV
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Job 21:16 · KJV
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:17 · KJV
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Job 22:18 · KJV
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 27:7 · KJV
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Job 27:13 · KJV
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Job 34:26 · KJV
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Job 36:6 · KJV
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Job 36:17 · KJV
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Job 38:13 · KJV
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Job 38:15 · KJV
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Psalm 1:1 · KJV
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalm 1:4 · KJV
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalm 1:5 · KJV
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalm 1:6 · KJV
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalm 7:9 · KJV
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalm 9:5 · KJV
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Psalm 9:16 · KJV
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalm 9:17 · KJV
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalm 10:2 · KJV
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7563 mean?
H7563 is the Hebrew word רָשָׁע (râshâʻ), meaning morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person.
How is H7563 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it wicked (195 times), ungodly (4 times), if the wicked (3 times), how long shall the wicked (2 times), should be as the wicked (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7563 appear in the Bible?
רָשָׁע (râshâʻ) is tagged in 212 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7563 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7561 (רָשַׁע).
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