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רַע

raʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H7451 · 664 occurrences

The KJV renders 30 different Hebrew and Greek words as “thing”

What it means

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

from H7489 (רָעַע);

How the KJV renders it

adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, distress, evil, man, thing, grief, harm, heavy, hurt, ill, mischief, misery, naught, noisome, sad, sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wickedly, ness, one, worse, wretchedness, wrong

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“thing”
also renders tìs (G5100), asthenḗs (G772), hágios (G40), mēdeís (G3367), tís (G5101), oudeís (G3762), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), nomízō (G3543), ʼômer (H562), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zûwr (H2114), chay (H2416), ṭûwb (H2898), yârêʼ (H3372), kôl (H3605), kᵉlîy (H3627), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), mᵉʻaṭ (H4592), niddâh (H5079), nephesh (H5315), ʻôsheq (H6233), piggûwl (H6292), qôdesh (H6944), qâlal (H7043), qâsheh (H7186), tahpukâh (H8419), tôwʻêbah (H8441)
“trouble”
also renders parenochléō (G3926), tyrbázō (G5182), tarássō (G5015), throéō (G2360), thlíbō (G2346), thlîpsis (G2347), skýllō (G4660), anastatóō (G387), enochléō (G1776), diatarássō (G1298), ʼănaç (H598), bâhal (H926), bᵉhal (H927), ballâhâh (H1091), bâʻath (H1204), bᵉʻâthâh (H1205), dâlach (H1804), châmar (H2560), ṭôrach (H2960), mᵉhûwmâh (H4103), ʻâvâh (H5753), ʻâkar (H5916), ʻâmâl (H5999), ʻŏnîy (H6040), tsârâh (H6869), râgaz (H7264), rôgez (H7267), râʻam (H7481)
“man”
also renders ánthrōpos (G444), anḗr (G435), árrhēn (G730), téleios (G5046), heîs (G1520), anthrṓpinos (G442), ischyrós (G2478), oudeís (G3762), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnâsh (H606), bâgad (H898), bîyn (H995), baʻal (H1167), gibbôwr (H1368), geber (H1397), gᵉbar (H1399), gᵉbar (H1400), châkâm (H2450), chârash (H2790), nephesh (H5315), rôʼsh (H7218), rab (H7227), rêyq (H7386), râʻaʻ (H7489)
“sorrow”
also renders pénthos (G3997), ōdín (G5604), odýnē (G3601), lypéō (G3076), lýpē (G3077), odynáō (G3600), ʼăbôwy (H17), ʼâven (H205), dâʼab (H1669), dᵉʼâbâh (H1670), chebel (H2256), chûwl (H2342), chîyl (H2427), châlal (H2490), yâgôwn (H3015), kᵉʼêb (H3511), kaʻaç (H3708), mᵉginnâh (H4044), makʼôb (H4341), ʻâmâl (H5999), ʻetseb (H6089), ʻôtseb (H6090), tsîyr (H6735), rôaʻ (H7455)
“one”
also renders tìs (G5100), állos (G243), eirḗnē (G1515), hékastos (G1538), héteros (G2087), heîs (G1520), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376), ʼalmônîy (H492), ʼishshâh (H802), gibbôwr (H1368), gam (H1571), chad (H2297), chad (H2298), yâpheh (H3303), nephesh (H5315), pᵉthîy (H6612), rab (H7227), rûwm (H7311), rak (H7390)
“sore”
also renders hélkos (G1668), hikanós (G2425), kakōs (G2560), sphódra (G4970), lían (G3029), polýs (G4183), châzâq (H2389), châlâh (H2470), yâçar (H3256), kâbêd (H3515), kâçaph (H3700), mᵉʼôd (H3966), maʻal (H4604), mârats (H4834), tsûwd (H6679), qâsheh (H7186), râbâh (H7235), saggîyʼ (H7690)
“hurt”
also renders adikéō (G91), hýbris (G5196), bláptō (G984), kakóō (G2559), dâbâr (H1697), chăbûwlâh (H2248), chabbûwrâh (H2250), chăbal (H2255), chăbal (H2257), nᵉzaq (H5142), ʻânâh (H6031), ʻâtsab (H6087), pâqad (H6485), râʻaʻ (H7489), shâbar (H7665), sheber (H7667)
“ness”
also renders parrhēsía (G3954), asthenḗs (G772), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zimmâh (H2154), châṭâʼ (H2398), chêçêd (H2617), ṭôwb (H2896), yârêʼ (H3372), mêyshâr (H4339), mâʻaṭ (H4591), mar (H4751), mârar (H4843), mâthôwq (H4966), tsedeq (H6664), râshaʻ (H7561)
“vex”
also renders ochléō (G3791), páschō (G3958), kataponéō (G2669), kakóō (G2559), basanízō (G928), bâhal (H926), yâgâh (H3013), mârar (H4843), ʻâtsab (H6087), tsârar (H6887), râʻaʻ (H7489), râshaʻ (H7561)
“affliction”
also renders páthēma (G3804), kákōsis (G2561), ʼâven (H205), lachats (H3906), mûwʻâqâh (H4157), ʻânâh (H6031), ʻĕnûwth (H6039), tsârâh (H6869), sheber (H7667)
“grief”
also renders lýpē (G3077), châlâh (H2470), chŏlîy (H2483), yâgôwn (H3015), kᵉʼêb (H3511), kaʻaç (H3708), makʼôb (H4341), môrâh (H4786)
“heavy”
also renders barýs (G926), baréō (G916), kôbed (H3514), kâbêd (H3515), môwṭâh (H4133), mar (H4751), çar (H5620), qâsheh (H7186)
“distress”
also renders synochḗ (G4928), stenochōréō (G4729), stenochōría (G4730), anánkē (G318), nâgas (H5065), tsûwq (H6693), tsârâh (H6869)
“evil”
also renders ponērós (G4190), phaûlos (G5337), kakós (G2556), kakōs (G2560), kakía (G2549), ʼâven (H205), bᵉlîyaʻal (H1100)
“mischief”
also renders rhaidiourgía (G4468), ʼâven (H205), ʼâçôwn (H611), havvâh (H1942), hôvâh (H1943), zimmâh (H2154), ʻâmâl (H5999)
“wrong”
also renders adikía (G93), châmaç (H2554), châmâç (H2555), çârâh (H5627), ʻavvâthâh (H5792), ʻâqal (H6127)
“harm”
also renders ponērós (G4190), átopos (G824), hýbris (G5196), kakós (G2556), kakóō (G2559)
“bad”
also renders ponērós (G4190), saprós (G4550), kakós (G2556), biʼûwsh (H873)
“worse”
also renders hḗtton (G2276), cheírōn (G5501), elássōn (G1640)
“calamity”
also renders ʼêyd (H343), havvâh (H1942)
“noisome”
also renders kakós (G2556), havvâh (H1942)
“sad”
also renders zâʻaph (H2196), çar (H5620)
“wickedly”
also renders mᵉzimmâh (H4209), rishʻâh (H7564)
“adversity”
also renders tsârâh (H6869)
“ill”
also renders kakós (G2556)
“misery”
also renders talaipōría (G5004)
“naught”
also renders ʼâven (H205)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

664 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 2:3 · HAamsa
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; and he killed him.
1 Chronicles 4:10 · HR/Ncfsa
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.
1 Chronicles 7:23 · HR/Ncfsa
He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.
1 Chronicles 21:15 · HTd/Ncfsa
God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 Kings 1:52 · HNcfsa
Solomon said, “If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of his shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
1 Kings 2:44 · HNcfsc/Sp2ms
The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.
1 Kings 3:9 HR/Aamsa1 Kings 5:4 HAamsa1 Kings 9:9 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 11:6 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 11:25 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 13:33 HTd/Aafsa1 Kings 14:10 HNcfsa1 Kings 14:22 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 15:26 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 15:34 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 16:7 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 16:19 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 16:25 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 16:30 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 20:7 HNcfsa1 Kings 21:20 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 21:21 HNcfsa1 Kings 21:25 HTd/Aamsa1 Kings 21:29 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 22:8 HAamsa1 Kings 22:18 HAamsa1 Kings 22:23 HNcfsa1 Kings 22:52 HTd/Aamsa1 Samuel 2:23 HAampa1 Samuel 6:9 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 10:19 HNcfpc/Sp2mp1 Samuel 12:17 HNcfsc/Sp2mp1 Samuel 12:19 HNcfsa1 Samuel 12:20 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 15:19 HTd/Aamsa1 Samuel 16:14 HAafsa1 Samuel 16:15 HAafsa1 Samuel 16:16 HAafsa1 Samuel 16:23 HTd/Aafsa1 Samuel 18:10 HAafsa1 Samuel 19:9 HAafsa1 Samuel 20:7 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 20:9 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 20:13 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 23:9 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 24:9 HNcfsc/Sp2ms1 Samuel 24:11 HNcfsa1 Samuel 24:17 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 25:3 HC/Aamsc1 Samuel 25:17 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 25:21 HNcfsa1 Samuel 25:26 HNcfsa1 Samuel 25:28 HC/Ncfsa1 Samuel 25:39 HNcfsc1 Samuel 26:18 HNcfsa1 Samuel 29:6 HNcfsa1 Samuel 29:7 HAamsa1 Samuel 30:22 HAamsa2 Chronicles 7:14 HTd/Aampa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.