Hebrew word study
רָעַע H7489
- Transliteration
- râʻaʻ
- Pronunciation
- raw-ah'
- KJV glosses
- afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, [idiom] indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Lexical summary
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces)
figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces)
figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information