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Strong's H7489 רָעַע (raa)

Raa means “afflict” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7489
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 91
Books 23

Strong's H7489 Quick Answer

Strong's H7489 רָעַע (ra`a`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ra`a` (raw-ah') v. 1. (properly) to spoil 2. (literally) to ruin by breaking to pieces) It has 91 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include good, break, you, will, and have. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ra`a` (raw-ah') v. 1. (properly) to spoil 2. (literally) to ruin by breaking to pieces)
Usage
91 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
good, break, you, will, and have

Meaning and Definition

ra`a` (raw-ah') v. 1. (properly) to spoil 2. (literally) to ruin by breaking to pieces) 3. (causitive) to make good for nothing 4. (figuratively) to be good for nothing 5.

(physically, socially or morally) to be bad [a primitive root] KJV: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse. See also: H7462, H7462

Original Word
רָעַע
Transliteration
ra`a`
Derivation
Root: רעה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7489. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

be evil

Usage: 1) to be bad, be evil 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to be displeasing 1a2) to be sad 1a3) to be injurious, be evil 1a4) to be wicked, be evil (ethically) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to do an injury or hurt 1b2) to do evil or wickedly 1b3) mischief (participle)

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How Strong's H7489 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ra`a`, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

good Leviticus 5:4 break Job 34:24 displeased Genesis 48:17 have Genesis 44:5 make Isaiah 1:16 pieces Isaiah 8:9 will Genesis 19:9 you Genesis 19:7

How Strong's H7489 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 91 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7489 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7489 in the Old Testament

91 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 19:7 KJV

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

Genesis 19:9 KJV

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

Genesis 21:11 KJV

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

Usage Excerpts

First 91 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7489.

Genesis 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Genesis 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Genesis 21:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
Genesis 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 31:7 Old Testament, KJV
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis 38:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
Genesis 43:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Genesis 44:5 Old Testament, KJV
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
Genesis 48:17 Old Testament, KJV
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
Exodus 5:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Exodus 5:23 Old Testament, KJV
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Leviticus 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Numbers 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Numbers 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
Numbers 20:15 Old Testament, KJV
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Deuteronomy 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Deuteronomy 15:10 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Deuteronomy 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Deuteronomy 28:54 Old Testament, KJV
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Deuteronomy 28:56 Old Testament, KJV
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Joshua 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Judges 19:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Ruth 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
1 Samuel 12:25 Old Testament, KJV
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
1 Samuel 25:34 Old Testament, KJV
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
1 Samuel 26:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
2 Samuel 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
1 Kings 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
1 Kings 16:25 Old Testament, KJV
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
1 Kings 17:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
2 Kings 21:11 Old Testament, KJV
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
1 Chronicles 16:22 Old Testament, KJV
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
1 Chronicles 21:17 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
Nehemiah 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Nehemiah 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Nehemiah 13:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.
Job 8:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Job 34:24 Old Testament, KJV
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
Psalms 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalms 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 22:16 Old Testament, KJV
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalms 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Psalms 27:2 Old Testament, KJV
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Psalms 37:1 Old Testament, KJV
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 37:8 Old Testament, KJV
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalms 37:9 Old Testament, KJV
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 44:2 Old Testament, KJV
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Psalms 64:2 Old Testament, KJV
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalms 74:3 Old Testament, KJV
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Psalms 92:11 Old Testament, KJV
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
Psalms 94:16 Old Testament, KJV
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 105:15 Old Testament, KJV
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Psalms 119:115 Old Testament, KJV
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Proverbs 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Proverbs 17:4 Old Testament, KJV
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs 18:24 Old Testament, KJV
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Proverbs 24:8 Old Testament, KJV
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Proverbs 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Proverbs 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:
Isaiah 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Isaiah 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Isaiah 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 14:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Isaiah 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Isaiah 31:2 Old Testament, KJV
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Isaiah 41:23 Old Testament, KJV
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Isaiah 59:15 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Isaiah 65:25 Old Testament, KJV
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 7:26 Old Testament, KJV
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Jeremiah 11:16 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Jeremiah 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Jeremiah 15:12 Old Testament, KJV
Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Jeremiah 16:12 Old Testament, KJV
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Jeremiah 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
Jeremiah 23:14 Old Testament, KJV
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 25:6 Old Testament, KJV
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Jeremiah 25:29 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 31:28 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 38:9 Old Testament, KJV
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah 40:4 Old Testament, KJV
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Jonah 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Micah 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Micah 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
Micah 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Zephaniah 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Zechariah 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7489, grouped by book.

Genesis 9 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 15 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 7 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 14 usages, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7489 FAQ

What does raa (רָעַע) mean?

Raa (Strong's H7489) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "afflict". ra`a` (raw-ah') v. 1. (properly) to spoil 2. (literally) to ruin by breaking to pieces)

How many times is raa (רָעַע) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 91 linked usages for Strong's H7489 across 23 books.

Where can I study raa (רָעַע) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7489 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate raa (רָעַע)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as good, break, you, will, have, and displeased. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.