Wicked
רָשָׁעStrong’s H7563rasah (ra-sah)
Appears in 249 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rasah is the Hebrew word usually translated “wicked”, “from wicked” and “guilty”. It appears in 249 verses of the Old Testament.
“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”
Meaning
- Wicked, criminalguilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) · wicked (hostile to God) · wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)
How it's translated
- wicked 160
- a wicked 38
- the wicked 13
- and wicked 11
- from wicked 7
- to wicked 6
- the guilty 3
- and to the wicked 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 80
- Proverbs 77
- Job 26
- Ezekiel 20
- Isaiah 11
- Ecclesiastes 6
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 18:23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Exodus 2:13And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
- Exodus 9:27And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
All 249 verses, by book
- 2 Samuel 1
- 4:11
- 1 Kings 1
- 8:32
- Job 26
- 3:178:229:229:2410:311:2015:2016:1118:520:520:2921:721:1621:1721:2822:1824:627:727:1334:1834:2636:636:1738:1338:1540:12
- Psalms 80
- 1:11:41:51:63:77:99:59:169:1710:210:310:410:1310:1511:211:511:612:817:917:1326:528:331:1732:1034:2136:136:1137:1037:1237:1437:1637:1737:2037:2137:2837:3237:3437:3537:3837:4039:150:1655:358:358:1068:271:473:373:1275:475:875:1082:282:491:892:794:394:1397:10101:8104:35106:18109:2109:6109:7112:10119:53119:61119:95119:110119:119119:155129:4139:19140:4140:8141:10145:20146:9147:6
- Proverbs 77
- 2:223:253:334:144:195:229:710:310:610:710:1110:1610:2010:2410:2510:2710:2810:3010:3211:511:711:811:1011:1111:1811:2311:3112:512:612:712:1012:1212:2112:2613:513:913:1713:2514:1114:1914:3215:615:815:915:2815:2916:417:1517:2318:318:519:2820:2621:421:721:1021:1221:1821:2721:2924:1524:1624:1924:2024:2425:525:2628:128:428:1228:1528:2829:229:729:1229:1629:27
- Ezekiel 20
- 3:183:197:2113:2218:2018:2118:2318:2418:2721:321:421:2521:2933:833:933:1133:1233:1433:1533:19
- Daniel 1
- 12:10
- Micah 1
- 6:10
- Zephaniah 1
- 1:3
Hebrew dictionary
רָשָׁע rasah · wicked
1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wicked” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WICKED, adjective
[The primary sense is to wind and turn, or to depart, to fall away.]
- Evil in principle or practice; deviating from the divine law; addicted to vice; sinful; immoral.
- A word of slight blame; as the wicked urchin.
- Cursed; baneful; pernicious; as wicked words, words pernicious in their efforts.
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.