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)
Rasha means “morally wrong” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
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.
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
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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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249 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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?
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?
First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7563.
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
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?
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?
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.
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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?
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.
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.
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.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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?
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?
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.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
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.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
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.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
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.
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
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.
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.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
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.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
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.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
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.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
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.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
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.
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?
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.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
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.
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
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:
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
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.
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
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.
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
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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
This page currently indexes 249 linked usages for Strong's H7563 across 20 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7563 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
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.