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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H7489 - Evil

Strong's No.:H7489

Hebrew:רָעַע

Transliteration:râʻaʻ

Phonetic:raw-ah'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:{afflict} associate selves [by mistake for {H7462]} break ({down} in {pieces}) + {displease} ({be} {bring} do) evil ({doer} {entreat} {man}) show self friendly [by mistake for {H7462]} do {harm} (do) {hurt} (behave {self} deal) {ill} X-(idiom) {indeed} do {mischief} {punish} still {vex} (do) wicked ({doer} {-ly}) be ({deal} do) worse.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

properly to spoil (literally by breaking to pieces); figuratively to make (or be) good for {nothing} that {is} bad ({physically} socially or morally). (associate selves and show self friendly are by mistake for H7462.)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to be bad, be evil

a. (Qal)

1. to be displeasing

2. to be sad

3. to be injurious, be evil

4. to be wicked, be evil (ethically)

b. (Hiphil)

1. to do an injury or hurt

2. to do evil or wickedly

3. mischief (participle)

2. to break, shatter

a. (Qal)

1. to break

2. broken (participle)

3. to be broken

b. (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder


Bible References:
Evil

Translation
Occurrences:
afflict ( 2 )
afflicted ( 3 )
Associate ( 1 )
break ( 2 )
broken ( 1 )
displease ( 2 )
displeased ( 4 )
do ( 1 )
doer ( 1 )
down ( 1 )
entreated ( 2 )
evil ( 20 )
evil doers ( 1 )
evildoer ( 1 )
evildoers ( 10 )
friendly ( 1 )
grieved ( 4 )
grievous ( 2 )
harm ( 2 )
hurt ( 6 )
ill ( 3 )
indeed ( 1 )
mischief ( 1 )
pieces ( 1 )
punish ( 1 )
sad ( 1 )
thee ( 1 )
vexed ( 1 )
waste ( 1 )
wicked ( 4 )
wickedly ( 5 )
worse ( 5 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.