Usually translated as
evil, wickedness, wicked, hurt, mischief, bad, sore, trouble, affliction, harm, ill, adversity, naught, exceedingly, grievous, noisome, sad, wickedly, displease, displeasure, distress, grief, heavy, hurtful, mischievous, misery, naughty, not please, sadly, sorrow, vex, worse, worst, wretchedness, wrong, calamity, evilfavouredness, great, mark
Occurrences
Raʻ occurs 667 times in 626 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (34), Exodus (8), Leviticus (5), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (32), Joshua (1), Judges (21), 1 Samuel (30), 2 Samuel (14), 1 Kings (25), 2 Kings (32), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (21), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (13), Esther (6), Job (15), Psalms (64), Proverbs (63), Ecclesiastes (27), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (19), Jeremiah (109), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (22), Daniel (3), Hosea (6), Joel (2), Amos (7), Obadiah (1), Jonah (8), Micah (6), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (2), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (4), Malachi (2)
- 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 (וָרָֽע).
- Genesis 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (וָרָ֔ע), 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 (וָרָֽע).
- Genesis 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil (וָרָ֑ע): 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 (רָעַ֥ת) of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- 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 (רַ֖ע) 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 (רַ֖ע) 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 (רָעִ֖ים) 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 (הָרָעָ֖ה) 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 (רַ֥ע) or good.
- Genesis 26:29 — That thou wilt do us no hurt (רָעָ֗ה), 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 (רָע֖וֹת) 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 (רָֽע).
- Genesis 31:29 — It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt (רָ֑ע): 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 31:29 — 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 (רָֽע).
- 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 (לְרָעָֽה).
- 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 (רָעָ֖ה) report.
- Genesis 37:20 — Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil (רָעָ֖ה) 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 (רָעָ֖ה) beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
- Genesis 38:7 — And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked (רַ֖ע) 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 (הָרָעָ֤ה), 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 (רָעִ֖ים) to day?
- Genesis 41:3 — And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill (רָע֥וֹת) favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
- Genesis 41:4 — And the ill (רָע֤וֹת) 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 (וְרָע֥וֹת) favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
- Genesis 41:20 — And the lean and (וְהָרָע֑וֹת) 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 (רַ֔ע) ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
- Genesis 41:27 — And the seven thin and (וְהָרָעֹ֜ת) ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
- Genesis 44:4 — And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil (רָעָ֖ה) for good?
- Genesis 44:29 — And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow (בְּרָעָ֖ה) to the grave.
- Genesis 44:34 — For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil (בָרָ֔ע) that shall come on my father.
- Genesis 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil (וְרָעִ֗ים) have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
- Genesis 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil (רָ֗ע), bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
- Genesis 50:15 — And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil (הָ֣רָעָ֔ה) which we did unto him.
- Genesis 50:17 — So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil (רָעָ֣ה): and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
- Genesis 50:20 — But as for you, ye thought evil (רָעָ֑ה) against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- Exodus 5:19 — And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil (בְּרָ֣ע) case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task.
- Exodus 10:10 — And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil (רָעָ֖ה) is before you.
- Exodus 21:8 — If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
- Exodus 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil (לְרָעֹ֑ת); neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Exodus 32:12 — Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief (בְּרָעָ֤ה) did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
- Exodus 32:12 — Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil (הָרָעָ֖ה) against thy people.
- Exodus 32:14 — And the LORD repented of the evil (הָ֣רָעָ֔ה) which he thought to do unto his people.
- Exodus 32:22 — And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief (בְרָ֖ע).
- Exodus 33:4 — And when the people heard these evil (הָרָ֛ע) tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
- Leviticus 26:6 — And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil (רָעָה֙) beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
- Leviticus 27:10 — He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad (בְּרָ֖ע), or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
- Leviticus 27:10 — He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad (רַ֣ע) for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
- Leviticus 27:12 — And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad (רָ֑ע): as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
- Leviticus 27:14 — And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad (רָ֑ע): as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.