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Hebrew verb · H7561

רָשַׁע

rasharaw-shah'

be wicked

34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: râshaʻ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7561is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 29
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7561

to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate

The King James renders it: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

rasha is rendered "be wicked". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Eleven of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 22:9In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-nine different ways.

The first use

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

Exodus 22:9יַרְשִׁיעֻן֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Eleven of the word's thirty-four uses are in Job.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • we have acted wickedly5
  • he acted wickedly2
  • I am guilty2
  • I have acted wickedly2
  • and act wickedly of1
  • and condemns as guilty1
  • and they had condemned as guilty1
  • and they will act wickedly1
  • and they will condemn as guilty1
  • and we have acted wickedly1
  • he acts wickedly1
  • he condemns as guilty1

and 15 more, 34 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

רָשַׁשׁrashashto beatUses2
רָשַׁםrashamto inscribeUses1

The words it stands beside

All 34, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

29 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אֶרְשָׁ֑ע2
  • הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃2
  • יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃2
  • יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי2
  • רָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃2
  • הִרְשִׁ֥יעַ1
  • הִרְשַׁ֣עְנוּ1
  • וְהִרְשִׁ֖יעוּ1
  • וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ1
  • וַ֝יַּרְשִׁ֗יעוּ1
  • וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ1
  • וּמַרְשִׁיעֵ֣י1

and 17 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVhi3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural3HVhp1cp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular3HVqp1cs
  • Hc/Vhq3cp2Hc/Vhq3cp
  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vhcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HVhi2ms/Sp1bs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HVhi3ms/Sp1bs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqi1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural2HVqp1cp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Vhrmpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vhrmsa
  • Hc/Vhw3mp1Hc/Vhw3mp

Exodus

one use
  • In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

    Exodus 22:9

    • יַרְשִׁיעֻן֙yarshiunverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they will condemn as guilty

Deuteronomy

one use
  • If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

    Deuteronomy 25:1

    • וְהִרְשִׁ֖יעוּvehirshiuHc/Vhq3cptagged: and they will condemn as guilty

1 Samuel

one use
  • After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

    1 Samuel 14:47

    • יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃yarshia'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he acted wickedly

2 Samuel

one use
  • For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    2 Samuel 22:22

    • רָשַׁ֖עְתִּיrasha'tiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have acted wickedly

1 Kings

two uses
  • then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

    1 Kings 8:32

    • לְהַרְשִׁ֣יעַleharshia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to condemn as guilty
  • and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

    1 Kings 8:47

    • רָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃rashaenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have acted wickedly

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

    2 Chronicles 6:37

    • וְרָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃verashaenuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: and we have acted wickedly
  • Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

    2 Chronicles 20:35

    • הִרְשִׁ֥יעַhirshia'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he acted wickedly
  • Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

    2 Chronicles 22:3

    • לְהַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃leharshia'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to act wickedly

Nehemiah

one use
  • You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

    Nehemiah 9:33

    • הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃hirshaenuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have acted wickedly

Job

eleven uses
  • Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

    Job 9:20

    • יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיyarshieniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it will condemn as guilty me
  • Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

    Job 9:29

    • אֶרְשָׁ֑עʾersha'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be guilty
  • I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

    Job 10:2

    • תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיtarshieniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you condemn as guilty me
  • though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

    Job 10:7

    • אֶרְשָׁ֑עʾersha'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am guilty
  • If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

    Job 10:15

    • רָשַׁ֡עְתִּיrasha'tiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am guilty
  • Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

    Job 15:6

    • יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣yarshiakhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it condemns as guilty you
  • and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

    Job 32:3

    • וַ֝יַּרְשִׁ֗יעוּvaiyarshiuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they had condemned as guilty
  • Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

    Job 34:12

    • יַרְשִׁ֑יעַyarshia'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he acts wickedly
  • Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

    Job 34:17

    • תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃tarshia'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you condemn as guilty
  • But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

    Job 34:29

    • יַרְשִׁ֗עַyarshia'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he condemn as guilty
  • Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

    Job 40:8

    • תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִיtarshieniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: will you condemn as guilty? me

Psalms

four uses
  • For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    Psalms 18:21

    • רָ֝שַׁ֗עְתִּיrasha'tiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have acted wickedly
  • the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.

    Psalms 37:33

    • יַ֝רְשִׁיעֶ֗נּוּyarshienuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will condemn as guilty him
  • They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

    Psalms 94:21

    • יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ׃yarshiuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they condemn as guilty
  • We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

    Psalms 106:6

    • הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃hirshaenuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have acted wickedly

Proverbs

two uses
  • The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

    Proverbs 12:2

    • יַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃yarshia'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he condemns as guilty
  • Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.

    Proverbs 17:15

    • וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַumarshia'conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and condemns as guilty

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

    Ecclesiastes 7:17

    • תִּרְשַׁ֥עtirsha'verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be wicked

Isaiah

two uses
  • Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.

    Isaiah 50:9

    • יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיyarshieniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: will he condemn as guilty me
  • No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

    Isaiah 54:17

    • תַּרְשִׁ֑יעִיtarshiiverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will condemn as guilty

Daniel

four uses
  • we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

    Daniel 9:5

    • הִרְשַׁ֣עְנוּvehirsha'nuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have acted wickedly
  • Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.

    Daniel 9:15

    • רָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃rashaenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have acted wickedly
  • With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

    Daniel 11:32

    • וּמַרְשִׁיעֵ֣יumarshieiconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and act wickedly of
  • Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

    Daniel 12:10

    • וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּvehirshiuHc/Vhq3cptagged: and they will act wickedly

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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