Strong H7562רֶ֫שַׁע

wickedness

Transliteration
resha‛
Pronunciation
reh'-shah
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H7561; a wrong (especially moral): - {iniquity} wicked(-ness).

Detailed definition

1) wrong, wickedness, guilt
1a) wickedness (as violence and crime against civil law)
1b) wickedness (of enemies)
1c) wickedness (in ethical relations)

In the Bible

Strong H7562 appears in 29 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • wickedness25
  • wicked4
  • iniquity1

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 9:27
    Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
  2. 1 Samuel 24:13
    As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  3. Job 34:8
    Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
  4. Job 34:10
    Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
  5. Job 35:8
    Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
  6. Psalms 5:4
    For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
  7. Psalms 10:15
    Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
  8. Psalms 45:7
    Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  9. Psalms 84:10
    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  10. Psalms 125:3
    For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
  11. Psalms 141:4
    Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
  12. Proverbs 4:17
    For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
  13. Proverbs 8:7
    For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
  14. Proverbs 10:2
    Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
  15. Proverbs 12:3
    A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
  16. Proverbs 16:12
    It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
  17. Ecclesiastes 3:16
    And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
  18. Ecclesiastes 7:25
    I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
  19. Ecclesiastes 8:8
    There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
  20. Isaiah 58:4
    Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
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