Wickedness
רֶ֫שַׁעStrong’s H7562resah (re-sah)
Appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Resah is the Hebrew word usually translated “wickedness”, “from wickedness his” and “wickedness its”. It appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament.
“Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:”
Meaning
- Wrong, wickedness, guiltwickedness (as violence and crime against civil law) · wickedness (of enemies) · wickedness (in ethical relations)
How it's translated
- wickedness 20
- from wickedness his 2
- wickedness its 1
- from wickedness 1
- wickedness your 1
- wickedness his 1
- in wickedness 1
- by wickedness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Proverbs 5
- Ezekiel 4
- Job 3
- Ecclesiastes 3
- Isaiah 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- Job 34:8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
- Job 34:10Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
- Job 35:8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
- Psalms 5:4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
- Psalms 10:15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Hebrew dictionary
רֶ֫שַׁע resah · wickedness
1) wrong, wickedness, guilt 1a) wickedness (as violence and crime against civil law) 1b) wickedness (of enemies) 1c) wickedness (in ethical relations)
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.