Quick Definition
be wicked
Strong's Definition
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
TWOT Reference: 2222
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָשַׁע (ra.sah) — be wicked. 1) to be wicked, act wickedly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be wicked, act wickedly 1a2) to be guilty, be condemned 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to condemn as guilty (in civil relations) 1b2) to condemn as guilty (in ethical or religious relations) 1b3) to act wickedly (in ethics and religion)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִרְשַׁעַת · רֶשַׁע · רָשָׁע · רִשְׁעָה
Guilty | verb qal | ≠ צדק
to be guilty = state in which humans are or are considered to be in a state of guilt before God or humans, ◄ as a result of (allegedly) having acted in a way that is contrary to the law
Guilty | verb hif | ≈ ענה · עקשׁ | ≠ צדק
to declare guilty, to condemn as guilty = causative action by which humans or deities declare (other) humans guilty before God or humanity, ◄ as a result of (allegedly) having acted in a way that is contrary to the law
EXO 22:8 · DEU 25:1 · 1KI 8:32 · JOB 9:20 · JOB 10:2 · JOB 15:6 · JOB 32:3 · JOB 34:17 · JOB 34:29 · JOB 40:8 · PSA 37:33 · PSA 94:21 · PRO 12:2 · PRO 17:15 · ISA 50:9 · ISA 54:17
Sin | verb qal | ≈ היה סָכָל · חטא · מרד · סור · עוה · עות מִשְׁפָּט | ≠ עשׂה אֱמֶת
to act wickedly = action by which humans or deities act in a way that is contrary to (God's) law, ► resulting in a state of guilt
2SA 22:22 · 1KI 8:47 · 2CH 6:37 · 2CH 20:35 · 2CH 22:3 · NEH 9:33 · JOB 34:12 · PSA 18:22 · PSA 106:6 · ECC 7:17 · DAN 9:5 · DAN 9:15 · DAN 11:32 · DAN 12:10
1 DAN 9:5 MT-K והרשׁענו | MT-Q הִרְשַׁעְנוּ 2 DAN 9:5 MT-Q הִרְשַׁעְנוּ | MT-K והרשׁענו 3 1SA 14:47 MT RSV NIV NJPS NRSV יַרְשִׁיעַ | HOTTP-B וַיֹּושִׁיעַ "and he saved" | NJB REB GNT CEV וַיִּוַּשֵׁעַ "he was saved, he was victorious"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָשַׁע] vb. denom. be wicked, act wickedly Qal be wicked, act wickedly
be guilty
Hiph. condemn as guilty, in civil relations
condemn as guilty, in ethical and religious relations
act wickedly, in ethics and religious
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