Word Study · Strong's H7562 · Hebrew
רֶשַׁע
resha
reh'-shah
Strong's 1890 spelling: reshaʻ
“a wrong (especially moral)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a wrong (especially moral)
Rendered in the KJV as
iniquity, wicked(-ness).
- 30occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 30 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- רֶ֑שַׁע8
- רֶֽשַׁע׃3
- בְּרֶ֗שַׁע1
- בְּרֶ֑שַׁע1
- הָרֶ֗שַׁע1
- הָרֶ֔שַׁע1
- הָרָֽשַׁע׃1
- כְּרִשְׁע֖וֹ1
- מֵרֶ֗שַׁע1
- מֵֽרִשְׁע֔וֹ1
- מֵֽרִשְׁע֑וֹ1
- רֶ֥שַׁע1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 11
- wickedness17
- the wickedness3
- from wickedness his2
- according to wickedness its1
- by wickedness1
- from wickedness1
- in wickedness1
- wickedness his1
- wickedness its1
- wickedness our1
- wickedness your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular17
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 17
- HR/Ncmsa · 3
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp1bp · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 1
All 30, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms6 of 30 · 20%
- Proverbs5 of 30 · 17%
- Ecclesiastes4 of 30 · 13%
- Ezekiel4 of 30 · 13%
- Job3 of 30 · 10%
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel1 occurrence
Job3 occurrences
- Job 34:8רֶֽשַׁע׃resha'noun · masculine singularHe keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.here: wickedness
- Job 34:10מֵרֶ֗שַׁעmeresha'preposition + noun · masculine singularTherefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.here: from wickedness
- Job 35:8רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָrishekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYour wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.here: wickedness your
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 5:4רֶ֥שַׁע׀resha'noun · masculine singularFor You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.here: wickedness
- Psalms 10:15רִשְׁע֥וֹrishonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBreak the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.here: wickedness his
- Psalms 45:7רֶ֥שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularYou have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.here: wickedness
- Psalms 84:10רֶֽשַׁע׃resha'noun · masculine singularFor better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.here: wickedness
- Psalms 125:3הָרֶ֗שַׁעharesha'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFor the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.here: the wickedness
- Psalms 141:4בְּרֶ֗שַׁעberesha'preposition + noun · masculine singularDo not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.here: in wickedness
Proverbs5 occurrences
- Proverbs 4:17רֶ֑שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularFor they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.here: wickedness
- Proverbs 8:7רֶֽשַׁע׃resha'noun · masculine singularFor my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.here: wickedness
- Proverbs 10:2רֶ֑שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularIll-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.here: wickedness
- Proverbs 12:3בְּרֶ֑שַׁעberesha'preposition + noun · masculine singularA man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.here: by wickedness
- Proverbs 16:12רֶ֑שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularWicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.here: wickedness
Ecclesiastes4 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 3:16הָרֶ֔שַׁעharesha'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFurthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.here: the wickedness
- Ecclesiastes 3:16הָרָֽשַׁע׃harasha'the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFurthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.here: the wickedness
- Ecclesiastes 7:25רֶ֣שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularI directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.here: wickedness
- Ecclesiastes 8:8רֶ֖שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularAs no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.here: wickedness
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 58:4רֶ֑שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularYou fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.here: wickedness
- Isaiah 58:6רֶ֔שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularIsn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?here: wickedness
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 3:19מֵֽרִשְׁע֔וֹmerishopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.here: from wickedness his
- Ezekiel 7:11רֶ֑שַׁעresha'noun · masculine singularTheir violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.here: wickedness
- Ezekiel 31:11כְּרִשְׁע֖וֹkerishopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularI delivered it into the hand of the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with it according to its wickedness. I have banished it.here: according to wickedness its
- Ezekiel 33:12מֵֽרִשְׁע֑וֹmerishopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’here: from wickedness his