H7455 רֹעַ (rôaʻ) ro'-ah

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

evil

Strong's Definition

badness (as marring), physically or morally

Derivation: from H7489 (רָעַע);

KJV Usage: [idiom] be so bad, badness, ([idiom] be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.

TWOT Reference: 2191b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) badness, evil

1a) badness, bad quality

1b) wilfulness

1c) evil, badness (ethical)

1d) sadness

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רֹעַ (ro.a) — evil. 1) badness, evil 1a) badness, bad quality 1b) wilfulness 1c) evil, badness (ethical) 1d) sadness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רֹעַ (H7455)

noun m · רעע

Bad

bad, ugly = condition of an object that is of such poor quality that it can be observed or evaluated externally

GEN 41:19 · JER 24:2 · JER 24:3 · JER 24:8 · JER 29:17

Grieve

Collocation: רֹעַ לֵב

sadness literally: badness of heart; hence: = state in which humans experience an emotion of sadness, often visible in their facial expression

NEH 2:2

Grieve

Collocation: רֹעַ פָּנִים

sadness literally: badness of face; hence: = state in which humans experience an emotion of sadness, often visible in their facial expression

ECC 7:3

Wrong

evil, wickedness, wrong = state in which an event is morally and/or ethically wrong

DEU 28:20 · 1SA 17:28 · PSA 28:4 · ISA 1:16 · JER 4:4 · JER 21:12 · JER 23:2 · JER 23:22 · JER 25:5 · JER 26:3 · JER 44:22 · HOS 9:15

Steve Berneking

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רֹעַ n.[m.] badness, evil badness, bad quality, of cattle

wilfulness

ethical, evil, badness

sadness

base

Bible Occurrences (19)

41:19

28:20

17:28

2:2

28:4

7:3

1:16

4:4 21:12 23:2 23:22 24:2 24:3 24:8 25:5 26:3 29:17 44:22

9:15

Genesis 41:19

After them,... seven other cows— sickly, ugly,... and thin...— came up. I have never seen such ugly [cows] in all the land of Egypt!

Deuteronomy 28:20

The LORD will send curses upon you -, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand -, until you are destroyed... and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

1 Samuel 17:28

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger... burned against David. Why have you come down here? he asked. And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart —... you have come down to see the battle!”

Nehemiah 2:2

so the king said to me, Why [is] your face sad, though you [are] not ill? This could only be...... sadness of the heart. I was overwhelmed with fear......

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, this is what the LORD says: Administer justice every morning..., and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.