Râshaʻ — H7561

H7561 · Hebrew — רשע

Pronunciation: raw-shah'

Definition

verb

to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate

  1. to be wicked, act wickedly
    1. (Qal)
      1. to be wicked, act wickedly
      2. to be guilty, be condemned
    2. (Hiphil)
      1. to condemn as guilty (in civil relations)
      2. to condemn as guilty (in ethical or religious relations)
      3. to act wickedly (in ethics and religion)

Usually translated as

condemn, wickedly, wicked, make trouble, wickedness, vex, be

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Râshaʻ occurs 34 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (1), Job (11), Psalms (4), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (2), Daniel (4)

Strong's Lexicon — R