Usually translated as
evil, hurt, wickedly, worse, ill, wicked, afflict, break, displease, do harm, indeed, show self friendly, do mischief, punish, associate selves, still, vex, be
Occurrences
Râʻaʻ occurs 98 times in 95 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), Exodus (2), Leviticus (1), Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (5), Joshua (2), Judges (1), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (3), Job (3), Psalms (15), Proverbs (7), Isaiah (11), Jeremiah (14), Jonah (1), Micah (3), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 19:7 — And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly (תָּרֵֽעוּ).
- Genesis 19:9 — 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 (נָרַ֥ע) with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 21:11 — And the thing was very grievous (וַיֵּ֧רַע) in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
- Genesis 21:12 — And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous (יֵרַ֤ע) in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
- Genesis 31:7 — And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt (לְהָרַ֖ע) me.
- Genesis 38:10 — And the thing which he did displeased (וַיֵּ֛רַע) the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
- Genesis 43:6 — And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill (הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם) with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
- Genesis 44:5 — Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil (הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם) in so doing.
- Genesis 48:17 — And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased (וַיֵּ֣רַע) him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
- Exodus 5:22 — And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated (הֲרֵעֹ֙תָה֙) this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
- Exodus 5:23 — For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil (הֵרַ֖ע) to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
- Leviticus 5:4 — Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil (לְהָרַ֣ע), 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 11:11 — And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted (הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙) 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 — 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 (הֲרֵעֹ֖תִי) one of them.
- Numbers 20:15 — How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed (וַיָּרֵ֥עוּ) us, and our fathers:
- Numbers 22:34 — 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 (רַ֥ע) thee, I will get me back again.
- Deuteronomy 15:9 — 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 (וְרָעָ֣ה) against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 — Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved (יֵרַ֥ע) when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
- Deuteronomy 26:6 — And the Egyptians evil entreated (וַיָּרֵ֧עוּ) us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
- Deuteronomy 28:54 — So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil (תֵּרַ֨ע) toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
- Deuteronomy 28:56 — The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil (תֵּרַ֤ע) toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
- Joshua 24:15 — And if it seem evil (רַ֨ע) 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 — If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt (וְהֵרַ֤ע), and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
- Judges 19:23 — 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 (תָּרֵ֣עוּ); seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
- Ruth 1:21 — I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted (הֵ֥רַֽע) me?
- 1 Samuel 1:8 — Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
- 1 Samuel 12:25 — But if ye shall still do wickedly (תָּרֵ֑עוּ), ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
- 1 Samuel 12:25 — But if ye shall still do wickedly (הָרֵ֖עַ), ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
- 1 Samuel 25:34 — For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting (מֵהָרַ֖ע) 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 — Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm (אָרַ֤ע), because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
- 2 Samuel 19:7 — 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 (וְרָעָ֧ה) unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
- 1 Kings 14:9 — But hast done evil (וַתָּ֣רַע) 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 — But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse (וַיָּ֕רַע) than all that were before him.
- 1 Kings 17:20 — And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil (הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ) upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
- 2 Kings 21:11 — Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly (הֵרַ֕ע) above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
- 1 Chronicles 16:22 — Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do (תָּרֵֽעוּ) my prophets no harm.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 — 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 (הֲרֵע֔וֹתִי); 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.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 — 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 (וְהָרֵ֣עַ); 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.
- Nehemiah 2:3 — And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad (יֵרְע֣וּ), when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
- Nehemiah 2:10 — When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved (וַיֵּ֥רַע) them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
- Nehemiah 13:8 — And it grieved (וַיֵּ֥רַֽע) me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
- Job 8:20 — Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the (מְרֵעִֽים) evil doers:
- Job 20:26 — All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill (יֵ֖רַע) with him that is left in his tabernacle.
- Job 34:24 — He shall break in pieces (יָרֹ֣עַ) mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
- Psalms 2:9 — Thou shalt break (תְּ֭רֹעֵם) them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Psalms 15:4 — In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt (לְ֝הָרַ֗ע), and changeth not.
- Psalms 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked (מְ֭רֵעִים) have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- Psalms 26:5 — I have hated the congregation of (מְרֵעִ֑ים) evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
- Psalms 27:2 — When the wicked (מְרֵעִים֮), even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 37:1 — Fret not thyself because of evildoers (בַּמְּרֵעִ֑ים), neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.