מֵרַעmêraʻ

be evil, bad

Pronunciation: may-rah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4827

Meanings

Qal

1. be displeasing (Numbers 11:10; Numbers 22:34; Joshua 24:15)

2. be sad (Deuteronomy 15:10; 1 Samuel 1:8; Nehemiah 2:3)

3. be injurious, evil (Psalms 106:32; 2 Samuel 20:6; Deuteronomy 15:9)

4. be evil, wicked, ethically (Genesis 38:10; 2 Samuel 11:27; Isaiah 59:15)

Niph`al: suffer hurt (Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 13:20)

Hiph`il: construct (Exodus 5:23; 1 Kings 17:20; Zephaniah 1:12)

1. do an injury, hurt (Genesis 44:5; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 65:25)

2. do evil, wickedly (Genesis 19:7; 1 Samuel 12:25; Jeremiah 4:22)

Same root

רָעַעrâʻaʻ · H7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Daniel 11:27 Seeking nothing but each other’s harm, these kings will plot against each other at the conference table, attempting to deceive each other. But it will make no difference, for the end will come at the appointed time.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).