H7451: רַע
raʻ · pronounced rah · “bad: harmful”
Definition
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV translates it as: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Word origin: from H7489 (רָעַע);
Extended definition
adj
1) bad, evil
1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
1c) evil, displeasing
1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
1e) bad (of value)
1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
1g) sad, unhappy
1h) evil (hurtful)
1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
1j2) deeds, actions
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7451 is translated
- evil ×296
- calamity ×71
- harm ×53
- bad ×30
- trouble ×21
- your ×19
- their ×19
- the evil of ×12
- his ×10
- my ×9
- wicked ×9
- wild ×7
Bible verses with H7451 (raʻ)
Raʻ appears in 621 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Genesis 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
- Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 6:5
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 8:21
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.
- Genesis 19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
- Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
- Genesis 26:29
That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.
- Genesis 28:8
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
- Genesis 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Genesis 31:29
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Genesis 31:52
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
- Genesis 37:2
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
- Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
- Genesis 37:33
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
- Genesis 38:7
And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
- Genesis 39:9
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
- Genesis 40:7
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
- Genesis 41:3
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
- Genesis 41:4
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
- Genesis 41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
- Genesis 41:20
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
- Genesis 41:21
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
All 621 references (first 400)
- Genesis 41:27
- Genesis 44:4
- Genesis 44:29
- Genesis 44:34
- Genesis 47:9
- Genesis 48:16
- Genesis 50:15
- Genesis 50:17
- Genesis 50:20
- Exodus 5:19
- Exodus 10:10
- Exodus 23:2
- Exodus 32:12
- Exodus 32:14
- Exodus 32:22
- Exodus 33:4
- Leviticus 26:6
- Leviticus 27:10
- Leviticus 27:12
- Leviticus 27:14
- Leviticus 27:33
- Numbers 11:1
- Numbers 11:15
- Numbers 13:19
- Numbers 14:27
- Numbers 14:35
- Numbers 14:37
- Numbers 20:5
- Numbers 24:13
- Numbers 32:13
- Numbers 35:23
- Deuteronomy 1:35
- Deuteronomy 1:39
- Deuteronomy 4:25
- Deuteronomy 6:22
- Deuteronomy 7:15
- Deuteronomy 9:18
- Deuteronomy 13:5
- Deuteronomy 13:11
- Deuteronomy 15:21
- Deuteronomy 17:1
- Deuteronomy 17:2
- Deuteronomy 17:5
- Deuteronomy 17:7
- Deuteronomy 17:12
- Deuteronomy 19:19
- Deuteronomy 19:20
- Deuteronomy 21:21
- Deuteronomy 22:14
- Deuteronomy 22:19
- Deuteronomy 22:21
- Deuteronomy 22:22
- Deuteronomy 22:24
- Deuteronomy 23:9
- Deuteronomy 24:7
- Deuteronomy 28:35
- Deuteronomy 28:59
- Deuteronomy 29:21
- Deuteronomy 30:15
- Deuteronomy 31:17
- Deuteronomy 31:18
- Deuteronomy 31:21
- Deuteronomy 31:29
- Deuteronomy 32:23
- Joshua 23:15
- Judges 2:11
- Judges 2:15
- Judges 3:7
- Judges 3:12
- Judges 4:1
- Judges 6:1
- Judges 9:23
- Judges 9:56
- Judges 9:57
- Judges 10:6
- Judges 11:27
- Judges 13:1
- Judges 15:3
- Judges 20:3
- Judges 20:12
- Judges 20:13
- Judges 20:34
- Judges 20:41
- 1 Samuel 2:23
- 1 Samuel 6:9
- 1 Samuel 10:19
- 1 Samuel 12:17
- 1 Samuel 12:19
- 1 Samuel 12:20
- 1 Samuel 15:19
- 1 Samuel 16:14
- 1 Samuel 16:15
- 1 Samuel 16:16
- 1 Samuel 16:23
- 1 Samuel 18:10
- 1 Samuel 19:9
- 1 Samuel 20:7
- 1 Samuel 20:9
- 1 Samuel 20:13
- 1 Samuel 23:9
- 1 Samuel 24:9
- 1 Samuel 24:11
- 1 Samuel 24:17
- 1 Samuel 25:3
- 1 Samuel 25:17
- 1 Samuel 25:21
- 1 Samuel 25:26
- 1 Samuel 25:28
- 1 Samuel 25:39
- 1 Samuel 26:18
- 1 Samuel 29:6
- 1 Samuel 29:7
- 1 Samuel 30:22
- 2 Samuel 3:39
- 2 Samuel 12:9
- 2 Samuel 12:11
- 2 Samuel 12:18
- 2 Samuel 13:16
- 2 Samuel 13:22
- 2 Samuel 14:17
- 2 Samuel 15:14
- 2 Samuel 16:8
- 2 Samuel 17:14
- 2 Samuel 18:32
- 2 Samuel 19:7
- 2 Samuel 19:35
- 2 Samuel 24:16
- 1 Kings 1:52
- 1 Kings 2:44
- 1 Kings 3:9
- 1 Kings 5:4
- 1 Kings 9:9
- 1 Kings 11:6
- 1 Kings 11:25
- 1 Kings 13:33
- 1 Kings 14:10
- 1 Kings 14:22
- 1 Kings 15:26
- 1 Kings 15:34
- 1 Kings 16:7
- 1 Kings 16:19
- 1 Kings 16:25
- 1 Kings 16:30
- 1 Kings 20:7
- 1 Kings 21:20
- 1 Kings 21:21
- 1 Kings 21:25
- 1 Kings 21:29
- 1 Kings 22:8
- 1 Kings 22:18
- 1 Kings 22:23
- 1 Kings 22:52
- 2 Kings 2:19
- 2 Kings 3:2
- 2 Kings 4:41
- 2 Kings 6:33
- 2 Kings 8:12
- 2 Kings 8:18
- 2 Kings 8:27
- 2 Kings 13:2
- 2 Kings 13:11
- 2 Kings 14:10
- 2 Kings 14:24
- 2 Kings 15:9
- 2 Kings 15:18
- 2 Kings 15:24
- 2 Kings 15:28
- 2 Kings 17:2
- 2 Kings 17:11
- 2 Kings 17:13
- 2 Kings 17:17
- 2 Kings 21:2
- 2 Kings 21:6
- 2 Kings 21:9
- 2 Kings 21:12
- 2 Kings 21:15
- 2 Kings 21:16
- 2 Kings 21:20
- 2 Kings 22:16
- 2 Kings 22:20
- 2 Kings 23:32
- 2 Kings 23:37
- 2 Kings 24:9
- 2 Kings 24:19
- 1 Chronicles 2:3
- 1 Chronicles 4:10
- 1 Chronicles 7:23
- 1 Chronicles 21:15
- 2 Chronicles 7:14
- 2 Chronicles 7:22
- 2 Chronicles 12:14
- 2 Chronicles 18:7
- 2 Chronicles 18:17
- 2 Chronicles 18:22
- 2 Chronicles 20:9
- 2 Chronicles 21:6
- 2 Chronicles 21:19
- 2 Chronicles 22:4
- 2 Chronicles 25:19
- 2 Chronicles 29:6
- 2 Chronicles 33:2
- 2 Chronicles 33:6
- 2 Chronicles 33:9
- 2 Chronicles 33:22
- 2 Chronicles 34:24
- 2 Chronicles 34:28
- 2 Chronicles 36:5
- 2 Chronicles 36:9
- 2 Chronicles 36:12
- Ezra 9:13
- Nehemiah 1:3
- Nehemiah 2:1
- Nehemiah 2:2
- Nehemiah 2:10
- Nehemiah 2:17
- Nehemiah 6:2
- Nehemiah 6:13
- Nehemiah 9:28
- Nehemiah 9:35
- Nehemiah 13:7
- Nehemiah 13:17
- Nehemiah 13:18
- Nehemiah 13:27
- Esther 7:6
- Esther 7:7
- Esther 8:3
- Esther 8:6
- Esther 9:2
- Esther 9:25
- Job 1:1
- Job 1:8
- Job 2:3
- Job 2:7
- Job 2:10
- Job 2:11
- Job 5:19
- Job 20:12
- Job 21:30
- Job 22:5
- Job 28:28
- Job 30:26
- Job 31:29
- Job 35:12
- Job 42:11
- Psalms 5:4
- Psalms 7:4
- Psalms 7:9
- Psalms 10:6
- Psalms 10:15
- Psalms 15:3
- Psalms 21:11
- Psalms 23:4
- Psalms 27:5
- Psalms 28:3
- Psalms 34:13
- Psalms 34:14
- Psalms 34:16
- Psalms 34:19
- Psalms 34:21
- Psalms 35:4
- Psalms 35:12
- Psalms 35:26
- Psalms 36:4
- Psalms 37:19
- Psalms 37:27
- Psalms 38:12
- Psalms 38:20
- Psalms 40:12
- Psalms 40:14
- Psalms 41:1
- Psalms 41:5
- Psalms 41:7
- Psalms 49:5
- Psalms 50:19
- Psalms 51:4
- Psalms 52:1
- Psalms 52:3
- Psalms 54:5
- Psalms 55:15
- Psalms 56:5
- Psalms 64:5
- Psalms 70:2
- Psalms 71:13
- Psalms 71:20
- Psalms 71:24
- Psalms 73:8
- Psalms 78:49
- Psalms 88:3
- Psalms 90:15
- Psalms 91:10
- Psalms 94:13
- Psalms 94:23
- Psalms 97:10
- Psalms 101:4
- Psalms 107:26
- Psalms 107:34
- Psalms 107:39
- Psalms 109:5
- Psalms 109:20
- Psalms 112:7
- Psalms 119:101
- Psalms 121:7
- Psalms 140:1
- Psalms 140:2
- Psalms 140:11
- Psalms 141:4
- Psalms 141:5
- Psalms 144:10
- Proverbs 1:16
- Proverbs 1:33
- Proverbs 2:12
- Proverbs 2:14
- Proverbs 3:7
- Proverbs 3:29
- Proverbs 3:30
- Proverbs 4:14
- Proverbs 4:27
- Proverbs 5:14
- Proverbs 6:14
- Proverbs 6:18
- Proverbs 6:24
- Proverbs 8:13
- Proverbs 11:15
- Proverbs 11:19
- Proverbs 11:21
- Proverbs 11:27
- Proverbs 12:12
- Proverbs 12:13
- Proverbs 12:20
- Proverbs 12:21
- Proverbs 13:17
- Proverbs 13:19
- Proverbs 13:21
- Proverbs 14:16
- Proverbs 14:19
- Proverbs 14:22
- Proverbs 14:32
- Proverbs 15:3
- Proverbs 15:10
- Proverbs 15:15
- Proverbs 15:26
- Proverbs 15:28
- Proverbs 16:4
- Proverbs 16:6
- Proverbs 16:17
- Proverbs 16:27
- Proverbs 16:30
- Proverbs 17:11
- Proverbs 17:13
- Proverbs 17:20
- Proverbs 19:23
- Proverbs 20:8
- Proverbs 20:14
- Proverbs 20:22
- Proverbs 20:30
- Proverbs 21:10
- Proverbs 21:12
- Proverbs 22:3
- Proverbs 23:6
- Proverbs 24:1
- Proverbs 24:16
- Proverbs 24:20
- Proverbs 25:20
- Proverbs 26:23
- Proverbs 26:26
- Proverbs 27:12
- Proverbs 28:5
- Proverbs 28:10
- Proverbs 28:14
- Proverbs 28:22
- Proverbs 29:6
- Proverbs 31:12
- Ecclesiastes 1:13
- Ecclesiastes 2:17
- Ecclesiastes 2:21