רַע

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

from H7489 (רָעַע);

KJV Usage

adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(adj) bad, evil
• 2.bad, disagreeable, malignant
• 3.evil, distress, adversity
• 4.evil, misery, distress
• 5.evil, injury, wrong
• 6.evil, injury, wrong
• 7.bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
• 8.evil, displeasing
• 9.evil (ethical)
• 10.evil (ethical)
• 11.(n m) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
• 12.bad (of its kindland, water, etc)
• 13.bad (of value)
• 14.(n f) evil, misery, distress, injury
• 15.worse than, worst (comparison)
• 16.sad, unhappy
• 17.evil (hurtful)
• 18.bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
• 19.bad, evil, wicked (ethically)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: raʻ; Pronunciation: rah