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רָשָׁע
râshâʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H7563 · 262 occurrences
The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “wicked”
What it means
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
from H7561 (רָשַׁע);
How the KJV renders it
guilty, ungodly, wicked, that did 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.
“wicked”
“ungodly”
Questions this word decides
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Is hell eternal conscious torment or annihilation?
- Does the Bible teach predestination?
- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
- Does continuing to sin after conversion cost you your salvation?
Where it appears
262 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 8:32 HAamsa1 Samuel 2:9 HC/Aampa2 Chronicles 6:23 HR/Aamsa2 Chronicles 19:2 HTi/Rd/Aamsa2 Samuel 4:11 HAampaDaniel 12:10 HAampaDeuteronomy 25:1 HTd/AamsaDeuteronomy 25:2 HTd/AamsaEcclesiastes 3:17 HTd/AamsaEcclesiastes 7:15 HAamsaEcclesiastes 8:10 HAampaEcclesiastes 8:13 HRd/AamsaEcclesiastes 8:14 HAampaEcclesiastes 9:2 HC/Rd/AamsaExodus 2:13 HRd/AamsaExodus 9:27 HTd/AampaExodus 23:1 HAamsaExodus 23:7 HAamsaEzekiel 3:18 HAamsaEzekiel 3:19 HAamsaEzekiel 7:21 HC/R/AampcEzekiel 13:22 HAamsaEzekiel 18:20 HAamsaEzekiel 18:21 HC/Td/AamsaEzekiel 18:23 HAamsaEzekiel 18:24 HTd/AamsaEzekiel 18:27 HAamsaEzekiel 21:3 HC/AamsaEzekiel 21:4 HC/AamsaEzekiel 21:25 HAamsaEzekiel 21:29 HAampaEzekiel 33:8 HAamsaEzekiel 33:9 HAamsaEzekiel 33:11 HAamsaEzekiel 33:12 HTd/AamsaEzekiel 33:14 HRd/AamsaEzekiel 33:15 HAamsaEzekiel 33:19 HAamsaGenesis 18:23 HAamsaGenesis 18:25 HAamsaHabakkuk 1:4 HAamsaHabakkuk 1:13 HAamsaHabakkuk 3:13 HAamsaIsaiah 3:11 HR/AamsaIsaiah 5:23 HAamsaIsaiah 11:4 HAamsaIsaiah 13:11 HAampaIsaiah 14:5 HAampaIsaiah 26:10 HAamsaIsaiah 48:22 HRd/AampaIsaiah 53:9 HAampaIsaiah 55:7 HAamsaIsaiah 57:20 HC/Td/AampaIsaiah 57:21 HRd/AampaJeremiah 5:26 HAampaJeremiah 12:1 HAampaJeremiah 23:19 HAampaJeremiah 25:31 HTd/AampaJeremiah 30:23 HAampaJob 3:17 HAampa
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.