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Strong's H7563 רָשָׁע (rasha)

Rasha means “morally wrong” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7563
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 249
Books 20

Strong's H7563 Quick Answer

Strong's H7563 רָשָׁע (rasha`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. rasha` (raw-shaw') adj. 1. morally wrong 2. (concretely) an (actively) bad person It has 249 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include ungodly, wicked, wrong, guilty, and condemn. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
rasha` (raw-shaw') adj. 1. morally wrong 2. (concretely) an (actively) bad person
Usage
249 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
ungodly, wicked, wrong, guilty, and condemn

Meaning and Definition

rasha` (raw-shaw') adj. 1. morally wrong 2. (concretely) an (actively) bad person [from H7561] KJV: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. Root(s): H7561

Original Word
רָשָׁע
Transliteration
rasha`
Derivation
Root: רשׁע First root strongs: 7561
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7563. 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)

wicked

Usage: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

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How Strong's H7563 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render rasha`, 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.

ungodly 2 Chronicles 19:2 wicked Genesis 18:23 condemn Deuteronomy 25:1 condemned Psalms 109:7 condemning 1 Kings 8:32 guilty Numbers 35:31 person 2 Samuel 4:11 persons Psalms 82:2 wrong Exodus 2:13

How Strong's H7563 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 249 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7563 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 H7563 in the Old Testament

249 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 18:23 KJV

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Genesis 18:25 KJV

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Exodus 2:13 KJV

And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7563.

Genesis 18:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 18:25 Old Testament, KJV
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Exodus 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Exodus 9:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Exodus 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Exodus 23:7 Old Testament, KJV
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Numbers 16:26 Old Testament, KJV
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
Numbers 35:31 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 25:1 Old Testament, KJV
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Deuteronomy 25:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
1 Samuel 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1 Samuel 24:13 Old Testament, KJV
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
2 Samuel 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
1 Kings 8:32 Old Testament, KJV
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 6:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 19:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
Job 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job 8:22 Old Testament, KJV
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Job 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Job 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 20:29 Old Testament, KJV
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Job 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Job 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:17 Old Testament, KJV
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Job 21:28 Old Testament, KJV
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Job 22:18 Old Testament, KJV
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Job 27:7 Old Testament, KJV
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Job 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Job 34:18 Old Testament, KJV
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
Job 34:26 Old Testament, KJV
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Job 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Job 36:17 Old Testament, KJV
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Job 38:13 Old Testament, KJV
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Job 38:15 Old Testament, KJV
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Job 40:12 Old Testament, KJV
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Psalms 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalms 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Psalms 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalms 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Psalms 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalms 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalms 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalms 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Psalms 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Psalms 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Psalms 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Psalms 17:9 Old Testament, KJV
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Psalms 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Psalms 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Psalms 28:3 Old Testament, KJV
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Psalms 32:10 Old Testament, KJV
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 34:21 Old Testament, KJV
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms 36:1 Old Testament, KJV
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Psalms 36:11 Old Testament, KJV
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Psalms 37:10 Old Testament, KJV
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Psalms 37:12 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psalms 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Psalms 37:16 Old Testament, KJV
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms 37:17 Old Testament, KJV
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Psalms 37:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms 37:21 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 37:28 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:32 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psalms 37:34 Old Testament, KJV
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Psalms 37:35 Old Testament, KJV
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Psalms 37:38 Old Testament, KJV
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:40 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Psalms 39:1 Old Testament, KJV
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 50:16 Old Testament, KJV
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Psalms 55:3 Old Testament, KJV
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Psalms 58:3 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms 58:10 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalms 68:2 Old Testament, KJV
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Psalms 71:4 Old Testament, KJV
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Psalms 73:3 Old Testament, KJV
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalms 73:12 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Psalms 75:4 Old Testament, KJV
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms 75:8 Old Testament, KJV
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psalms 75:10 Old Testament, KJV
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
Psalms 82:2 Old Testament, KJV
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psalms 82:4 Old Testament, KJV
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 91:8 Old Testament, KJV
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Psalms 92:7 Old Testament, KJV
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Psalms 94:3 Old Testament, KJV
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Psalms 94:13 Old Testament, KJV
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Psalms 97:10 Old Testament, KJV
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 101:8 Old Testament, KJV
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
Psalms 104:35 Old Testament, KJV
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 106:18 Old Testament, KJV
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Psalms 109:2 Old Testament, KJV
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Psalms 109:6 Old Testament, KJV
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Psalms 109:7 Old Testament, KJV
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Psalms 112:10 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 119:53 Old Testament, KJV
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Psalms 119:61 Old Testament, KJV
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Psalms 119:95 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:110 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Psalms 119:119 Old Testament, KJV
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:155 Old Testament, KJV
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Psalms 129:4 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Psalms 139:19 Old Testament, KJV
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Psalms 140:4 Old Testament, KJV
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Psalms 140:8 Old Testament, KJV
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Psalms 141:10 Old Testament, KJV
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Psalms 145:20 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7563, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 26 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 80 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 77 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 6 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 20 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 3 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7563 FAQ

What does rasha (רָשָׁע) mean?

Rasha (Strong's H7563) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "morally wrong". rasha` (raw-shaw') adj. 1. morally wrong 2. (concretely) an (actively) bad person

How many times is rasha (רָשָׁע) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 249 linked usages for Strong's H7563 across 20 books.

Where can I study rasha (רָשָׁע) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7563 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate rasha (רָשָׁע)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ungodly, wicked, wrong, guilty, condemn, and person. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.