Wickedness
מִרְשַׁ֫עַתStrong’s H4849mirshaat (mir-sha-at)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Mirshaat is the Hebrew word usually translated “wickedness”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.”
Meaning
- Wickedness
How it's translated
- the wickedness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מִרְשַׁ֫עַת mirshaat · wickedness
wickedness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wickedness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WICKEDNESS, noun
Departure from the rules of the divine law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; crime; sin; sinfulness; corrupt manners wickedness generally signifies evil practices.
- “What wickedness is this that is done among you?” Judges 20:12“Their inward part is very wickedness” Psalms 5:9“In heart ye work wickedness 8” Psalms 58:2
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.