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raʿ רַעAbad, Bevil, Cdistress’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rāʿaʿ רָעַע ‘be evil / to shatter’
Roots: רעע
Variants: רָעָה, רַע

raʿ Aadj Bn, m Cn, f
Aadj
1) bad, evil
 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant
 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)
 1c) evil, displeasing
 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc)
 1e) bad (of value)
 1f) worse than, worst (comparison)
 1g) sad, unhappy
 1h) evil (hurtful)
 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)
 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
  1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts
  1j2) deeds, actions
B1) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity
 1a) evil, distress, adversity
 1b) evil, injury, wrong
 1c) evil (ethical)
C1) evil, misery, distress, injury
 1a) evil, misery, distress
 1b) evil, injury, wrong
 1c) evil (ethical)

Mentioned in Genesis 28:8, 31:29, 37:2, 44:34, 47:9, 48:16, 50:15, 50:17, 40:7, 3:22, 6:5, 8:21, 2:9, 24:50, 37:20, 41:3, 41:19, 41:27, 44:4, 39:9, 13:13, 2:17, 3:5, 37:33, 41:4, 41:20, 31:24, 31:52, 41:21, 50:20, 26:29, 19:19, 44:29, 38:7 Exodus 23:2, 33:4, 21:8, 32:22, 32:12, 10:10, 5:19, 32:14 Codex Leviticus 27:10, 26:6, 27:14, 27:33, 27:12 Numbers 35:23, 11:10, 24:13, 11:1, 20:5, 11:15, 22:34, 13:19, 14:35, 14:37, 32:13, 14:27 Deuteronomy 1:35, 22:19, 22:21, 17:5, 21:21, 22:24, 13:6, 15:21, 17:2, 17:12, 6:22, 19:19, 24:7, 31:29, 31:18, 17:7, 23:10, 31:17, 22:22, 9:18, 22:14, 31:21, 29:20, 4:25, 17:1, 28:59, 1:39, 7:15, 28:35, 30:15, 13:12, 19:20, 32:23 Joshua 24:15, 23:15 Judges 9:56, 20:13, 9:23, 4:1, 20:3, 9:57, 20:34, 20:41, 3:7, 10:6, 15:3, 20:12, 11:27, 13:1, 2:15, 2:11, 3:12, 6:1 1 Samuel 20:9, 20:13, 24:12, 25:3, 25:39, 23:9, 16:16, 25:17, 25:26, 25:28, 26:18, 24:10, 12:20, 30:22, 25:21, 29:6, 12:19, 12:17, 15:19, 16:15, 16:23, 18:10, 19:9, 24:18, 2:23, 10:19, 6:9, 20:7, 16:14, 29:7 2 Samuel 13:16, 13:22, 15:14, 16:8, 17:14, 18:32, 14:17, 19:36, 12:9, 12:18, 19:8, 3:39, 24:16, 12:11 1 Kings 2:44, 9:9, 11:6, 14:22, 15:26, 22:53, 16:30, 21:20, 21:21, 21:25, 21:29, 22:8, 13:33, 14:10, 5:18, 16:7, 20:7, 22:18, 22:23, 1:52, 11:25, 15:34, 16:19, 16:25, 3:9 2 Kings 3:2, 15:9, 17:13, 21:15, 21:20, 22:20, 23:32, 23:37, 24:9, 2:19, 8:12, 14:10, 21:6, 21:12, 8:18, 8:27, 13:2, 4:41, 6:33, 22:16, 17:17, 13:11, 14:24, 15:18, 15:24, 15:28, 17:2, 17:11, 21:2, 21:9, 21:16, 24:19 Isaiah 57:1, 32:7, 56:2, 7:16, 3:9, 3:11, 31:2, 59:7, 5:20, 45:7, 33:15, 47:10, 59:15, 66:4, 7:15, 7:5, 65:12, 47:11, 13:11 Jeremiah 2:27, 16:12, 25:5, 35:15, 44:3, 44:9, 44:17, 5:28, 12:4, 23:10, 33:5, 12:14, 2:19, 22:22, 2:33, 26:3, 36:3, 36:7, 4:14, 44:29, 11:15, 13:10, 7:24, 11:8, 19:3, 44:5, 24:2, 51:60, 3:17, 7:6, 18:12, 48:2, 49:37, 1:16, 29:11, 15:11, 48:16, 2:28, 8:6, 11:14, 14:16, 38:4, 44:2, 3:2, 11:23, 18:11, 23:14, 32:32, 36:31, 42:17, 44:7, 44:27, 32:30, 2:3, 24:3, 24:8, 4:6, 17:17, 17:18, 39:12, 45:5, 1:14, 6:19, 7:12, 9:2, 11:11, 11:12, 16:10, 19:15, 25:7, 25:32, 26:13, 26:19, 28:8, 32:42, 35:17, 39:16, 40:2, 42:6, 42:10, 4:18, 44:11, 3:5, 23:22, 5:12, 18:10, 23:17, 51:64, 23:12, 49:23, 24:9, 51:2, 6:29, 21:10, 2:13, 7:30, 8:3, 11:17, 18:8, 32:23, 41:11, 44:23, 51:24, 52:2, 18:20, 6:7, 23:11, 6:1, 15:21 Ezekiel 11:2, 14:21, 6:11, 7:5, 16:23, 20:44, 33:11, 38:10, 6:9, 6:10, 8:9, 14:22, 5:17, 13:22, 30:12, 16:57, 14:15, 34:25, 5:16, 20:43, 36:31, 7:24 Hosea 9:15, 7:15, 7:2, 7:1, 10:15, 7:3 Joel 2:13, 4:13 Amos 5:15, 9:4, 5:14, 3:6, 9:10, 5:13, 6:3 Obadiah 1:13 Jonah 3:8, 4:2, 1:8, 1:7, 1:2, 4:1, 3:10, 4:6 Micah 3:2, 2:1, 2:3, 3:11, 1:12, 7:3 Nahum 3:19, 1:11 Habakkuk 1:13, 2:9 Zephaniah 3:15 Zechariah 1:4, 8:17, 7:10, 1:15 Malachi 1:8, 2:17 Psalms 41:6, 140:2, 52:5, 97:10, 109:5, 27:5, 91:10, 28:3, 36:5, 94:23, 141:4, 35:4, 40:15, 70:3, 40:13, 140:12, 141:5, 5:5, 52:3, 41:2, 7:10, 7:5, 10:6, 64:6, 54:7, 78:49, 119:101, 34:17, 71:20, 107:34, 34:22, 140:3, 109:20, 121:7, 144:10, 23:4, 51:6, 35:26, 37:19, 71:13, 71:24, 112:7, 10:15, 21:12, 34:15, 38:13, 34:14, 73:8, 56:6, 55:16, 88:4, 15:3, 41:8, 35:12, 37:27, 38:21, 107:39, 101:4, 34:20, 49:6, 90:15, 94:13, 107:26, 50:19 Proverbs 3:30, 28:14, 21:10, 23:6, 24:1, 6:18, 12:21, 20:14, 24:20, 2:12, 16:27, 28:22, 29:6, 17:11, 3:7, 3:29, 4:14, 4:27, 20:22, 13:17, 15:26, 14:22, 16:6, 28:5, 15:10, 6:24, 13:21, 25:20, 11:27, 11:15, 14:16, 1:33, 20:30, 17:13, 21:12, 19:23, 8:13, 2:14, 26:26, 16:4, 31:12, 14:32, 20:8, 26:23, 1:16, 16:17, 28:10, 15:28, 5:14, 13:19, 17:20, 11:21, 11:19, 12:12, 6:14, 12:20, 16:30, 14:19, 15:3, 15:15, 12:13, 24:16, 22:3, 27:12 Job 28:28, 30:26, 42:11, 2:10, 21:30, 1:1, 1:8, 2:3, 2:7, 2:11, 22:5, 20:12, 31:29, 35:12, 5:19 Lamentations 1:21, 1:22, 3:38 Ecclesiastes 5:13, 7:15, 1:13, 2:21, 6:1, 7:14, 8:6, 8:9, 8:11, 9:3, 9:12, 6:2, 4:8, 10:13, 4:17, 12:1, 8:3, 8:12, 12:14, 11:2, 4:3, 2:17, 5:15, 5:12, 11:10, 8:5, 10:5 Esther 8:6, 8:3, 9:2, 7:6, 7:7, 9:25 Daniel 9:13, 9:14, 9:12 Ezra 9:13 Nehemiah 13:18, 2:10, 6:2, 9:28, 2:2, 2:17, 13:7, 13:27, 1:3, 13:17, 9:35, 2:1, 6:13 1 Chronicles 2:3, 7:23, 4:10, 21:15 2 Chronicles 7:22, 21:19, 22:4, 29:6, 33:22, 34:28, 25:19, 33:6, 21:6, 18:7, 36:5, 18:17, 20:9, 34:24, 18:22, 36:12, 7:14, 33:2, 33:9, 12:14, 36:9

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