רָעַע

Strong’s Definition

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, [idiom] indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.to be bad, be evil
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(qal)
• 4.(hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder
• 5.(hiphil)
• 6.to break, shatter

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: râʻaʻ; Pronunciation: raw-ah'