← All word studies · Scripture answers
רִשְׁעָה
rishʻâh · Hebrew · Strong's H7564 · 15 occurrences
The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “fault”
What it means
wrong (especially moral)
feminine of H7562 (רֶשַׁע);
How the KJV renders it
fault, wickedly
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“fault”
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
15 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Deuteronomy 9:4 · HC/R/Ncfsc
Don’t say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, “For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;” because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.
Deuteronomy 9:5 · HR/Ncfsc
Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Deuteronomy 25:2 · HNcfsc/Sp3ms
It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
Ezekiel 5:6 · HR/Ncfsa
She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are around her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.’
Ezekiel 18:20 · HC/Ncfsc
The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
Ezekiel 18:27 · HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.
Ezekiel 33:12 HC/NcfscEzekiel 33:19 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3msIsaiah 9:18 HNcfsaMalachi 1:4 HNcfsaMalachi 3:15 HNcfsaMalachi 4:1 HNcfsaProverbs 11:5 HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3msProverbs 13:6 HC/NcfsaZechariah 5:8 HTd/Ncfsa
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.