Word Study · Strong's H7564 · Hebrew
רִשְׁעָה
rishah
rish-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: rishʻâh
“wrong (especially moral)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
wrong (especially moral)
Rendered in the KJV as
fault, wickedly(-ness).
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- רִשְׁעָ֔ה3
- בְּרִשְׁעַ֣ת׀1
- הָרִשְׁעָ֔ה1
- וּבְרִשְׁעַת֙1
- וּ֝בְרִשְׁעָת֗וֹ1
- וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה1
- וְרִשְׁעַ֥ת1
- וְרִשְׁעַ֤ת1
- לְרִשְׁעָה֙1
- מֵֽרִשְׁעָתוֹ֙1
- מֵֽרִשְׁעָת֔וֹ1
- רִשְׁעָה֙1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 11
- and [the] wickedness of2
- from wickedness his2
- of wickedness2
- wickedness2
- [is] the wickedness1
- and by wickedness his1
- and in [the] wickedness of1
- and wickedness1
- in [the] wickedness of1
- to wickedness1
- wickedness his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · feminine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 4
- HC/Ncfsc · 2
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HC/R/Ncfsc · 1
- HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
- HR/Ncfsc · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel5 of 15 · 33%
- Deuteronomy3 of 15 · 20%
- Malachi3 of 15 · 20%
- Proverbs2 of 15 · 13%
- Isaiah1 of 15 · 7%
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 9:4וּבְרִשְׁעַת֙uverishatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.here: and in [the] wickedness of
- Deuteronomy 9:5בְּרִשְׁעַ֣ת׀berishatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.here: in [the] wickedness of
- Deuteronomy 25:2רִשְׁעָת֖וֹrishatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIf the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.here: wickedness his
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 11:5וּ֝בְרִשְׁעָת֗וֹuverishatoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.here: and by wickedness his
- Proverbs 13:6וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗הverishahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularRighteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.here: and wickedness
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 5:6לְרִשְׁעָה֙lerishahpreposition + noun · feminine singularBut she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.’here: to wickedness
- Ezekiel 18:20וְרִשְׁעַ֥תverishatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.here: and [the] wickedness of
- Ezekiel 18:27מֵֽרִשְׁעָתוֹ֙merishatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.here: from wickedness his
- Ezekiel 33:12וְרִשְׁעַ֤תverishatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Therefore, 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: and [the] wickedness of
- Ezekiel 33:19מֵֽרִשְׁעָת֔וֹmerishatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.here: from wickedness his
Malachi3 occurrences
- Malachi 1:4רִשְׁעָ֔הrishahnoun · feminine singularThough Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.here: wickedness
- Malachi 3:15רִשְׁעָ֔הrishahnoun · feminine singularSo now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”here: of wickedness
- Malachi 4:1רִשְׁעָה֙rishahnoun · feminine singular“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”here: of wickedness