Occurrences
Rôaʻ occurs 19 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (11), Hosea (1)
- 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 (לָרֹֽעַ):
- Deuteronomy 28:20 — The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness (רֹ֥עַ) of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
- 1 Samuel 17:28 — And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness (רֹ֣עַ) of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
- Nehemiah 2:2 — Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow (רֹ֣עַֽ) of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
- Psalms 28:4 — Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness (וּכְרֹ֪עַ) of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
- Ecclesiastes 7:3 — Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness (בְרֹ֥עַ) of the countenance the heart is made better.
- Isaiah 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil (רֹ֥עַ) of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
- Jeremiah 4:4 — Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil (רֹ֥עַ) of your doings.
- Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil (רֹ֥עַ) of your doings.
- Jeremiah 23:2 — Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil (רֹ֥עַ) of your doings, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 23:22 — But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil (וּמֵרֹ֖עַ) of their doings.
- Jeremiah 24:2 — One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad (מֵרֹֽעַ).
- Jeremiah 24:3 — Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil (מֵרֹֽעַ).
- Jeremiah 24:8 — And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil (מֵרֹ֑עַ); surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
- Jeremiah 25:5 — They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil (וּמֵרֹ֣עַ) of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
- Jeremiah 26:3 — If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil (רֹ֥עַ) of their doings.
- Jeremiah 29:17 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil (מֵרֹֽעַ).
- Jeremiah 44:22 — So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil (רֹ֣עַ) of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
- Hosea 9:15 — All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness (רֹ֣עַ) of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.