רֶשַׁעreshaʻ
wickedness
Pronunciation: reh'-shah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7562
Meanings
1. wickedness, as violence and crime against civil law (Ecclesiastes 3:16; Isaiah 58:4; Isaiah 58:6)
2. wickedness, of enemies (Ezekiel 31:11; Psalms 125:3)
3. wickedness, in ethical relations (Deuteronomy 9:27; Jeremiah 14:20; Hosea 10:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 30 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 9:27 Please overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- 1 Samuel 24:13 As that old proverb says, ‘From evil people come evil deeds.’ So you can be sure I will never harm you.
- Job 34:8 He chooses evil people as companions. He spends his time with wicked men.
- Job 34:10 “Listen to me, you who have understanding. Everyone knows that God doesn’t sin! The Almighty can do no wrong.
- Job 35:8 No, your sins affect only people like yourself, and your good deeds also affect only humans.
- Psalms 5:4 O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness; you cannot tolerate the sins of the wicked.
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).