Lexical Summary rasha: wicked, criminal Original Word: רָשְׁעTransliteration: rasha Phonetic Spelling: (raw-shaw') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: wicked, criminal Meaning: wrong, an, bad person Strong's Concordance condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked man, that did wrong From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. see HEBREW rasha' Brown-Driver-Briggs H7563. rasha רָשָׁע263 adjective wicked, criminal; — absolute ׳ר Genesis 18:23 +; plural רְשָׁעִים Isaiah 13:11 +; construct רִשְׁעֵי Psalm 75:9 3t. feminine singular רְשָׁעָה Ezekiel 3:18 (strike out Co), 3:19 (רָשָׁע Co); — 1 usually as substantive, one guilty of crime, deserving punishment; sometimes also wicked; opposed to צַדִּיע; רָשָׁע Exodus 2:13; 23:1 (E), Deuteronomy 25:2; Proverbs 17:23; 18:5; 25:5; Job 9:22, 24; collective Genesis 18:23, 25 (twice in verse) (J) Micah 6:10; Proverbs 3:33; 28:4, רשׁעים 1 Samuel 24:14; Jeremiah 5:26; Proverbs 19:28; 20:26; 29:12, רשׁעים אנשׁים 2 Samuel 4:11 (murderers), לָמוּת רָשָׁע Numbers 35:31 (P) guilty of death, ר ׳מוֺשֵׁל Proverbs 28:15, compare 29:2, ר ׳הִצְדִּיק Exodus 23:7 (E) Isaiah 5:23; Proverbs 17:15; ר ׳הִרְשִׁיעַ Deuteronomy 25:1; 1 Kings 8:32 = לְרָשָׁע השׁיב2 Chronicles 6:23; לר ׳אמר צַדִּיק Proverbs 24:24. 2 guilty of hostility to God or his people, wicked enemies: רשׁע singular Psalm 17:13 6t. Psalms; Isaiah 26:10; collective Psalm 9:6; 9:17; 10:2 6t. Psalms; Isaiah 11:4; Habakkuk 3:13; רשׁעים Psalm 3:8; 7:10; 9:18 5t. Psalms; Isaiah 48:22; 57:20-21, Jeremiah 25:31; Ezekiel 21:34; Malachi 3:21 ( + (possibly) other cases; often hard to decide); specifically of Pharaoh Exodus 9:27 (J), Babylon Isaiah 13:11; 14:5, Chaldeans Habakkuk 1:4, 13; "" יהוה שׂנְאֵי2 Chronicles 19:2. 3 guilty of sin, against either God or man, wicked: הרשׁעים האנשׁים Numbers 16:26 (J, rebellious Korahites), Malachi 3:18 (not serving ׳י), opposed to צַדִּיק; singular individual Ezekiel 3:18 (twice in verse); 21:30; 33:8 (twice in verse); Psalm 11:5; 32:10; Proverbs 9:7 +; collective Isaiah 3:11; Job 34:18; 36:6, 17; plural רשׁעים Isaiah 53:9; Jeremiah 23:19 = 30:23, Zephaniah 1:3; Psalm 26:5; Proverbs 10:3; Ecclesiastes 8:10 +; "" חסֹידים 1 Samuel 2:9 (Poem), Psalm 12:9; Psalm 50:16; 97:10; 145:20; "" תוֺדָתֶ֑ךָ עֹזְבֵי 119:53; compare V:61, +; ר ׳אדם Proverbs 11:7; Job 20:29; 27:13; ר ׳אִישׁ Proverbs 21:29; ר ׳מלאך 13:17; רשׁעים זֶרַע Psalm 37:28; רשׁעים עֲצַת 1:1; Job 10:3; 21:16; 22:18; רשׁעים דֶּרֶךְ Jeremiah 12:1; Psalm 1:6; 146:9; Proverbs 4:19; 12:26; רשׁע דֶּרֶךְ 15:9; הָֽרְשָׁעה מִדַּדְכּוֺ Ezekiel 3:18-19, (but see, Co, above); (ה)ארץ רִשְׁעֵי Psalm 75:9; 101:8; 119:119; Ezekiel 7:21 (ᵐ5 Co עריצי). — is rare before exile; chiefly Ezekiel Psalms Wisdom Literature. |
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