King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7562
Transliteration: resha
Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-shah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: wickedness
Meaning: wickedness
Word Summary
resha: wickedness
Original Word: רֶשַׁעTransliteration: resha
Phonetic Spelling: (reh'-shah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: wickedness
Meaning: wickedness
Strong's Concordance
iniquity, wickedness From rasha'; a wrong (especially moral) -- iniquity, wicked(-ness).
see HEBREW rasha'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7562. resha
רֶ֫שַׁע noun masculine1 Samuel 24:14 wickedness; — absolute ׳ר Micah 6:10 +, רָ֑שַׁע Ecclesiastes 3:16; construct (perhaps) רֶ֫שַׁע 7:25; רִשְׁעוֺ Deuteronomy 9:27 +, etc.; —
1 wickedness, as violence and crime against civil law Ecclesiastes 3:16 (twice in verse); ר ׳אֶגְרֹף Isaiah 58:4 fist of wickedness; ר ׳חַרְצֻבּוֺת 58:6; ר ׳לֶחֶם Proverbs 4:17; ר ׳מַטֵּה Ezekiel 7:11; ר ׳מאֹזְנֵי Micah 6:11; ר ׳אֹצְרוֺת 6:10, compare Proverbs 10:2; בְּרֶשַׁע Psalm 141:4; Proverbs 12:3; ר ׳עשׂות 16:12; ר יֵצֵא ׳מֵרְשָׁעִים 1 Samuel 24:14, (proverb).
2 wickedness of enemies: of Egypt Ezekiel 31:11 (dubious Co; gloss Toy); הר ׳שֵׁבֶט Psalm 125:3 (ᵐ5 SS רָשָׁע).
3 wickedness, in ethical relations: "" חטאת Deuteronomy 9:27 (D2); "" עון Jeremiah 14:20; "" עולה Hosea 10:13; opposed to צֶדֶק Psalm 45:8, אֱמֶת Proverbs 8:7; see also Psalm 5:5; 10:15; Job 34:10; 35:8; Ecclesiastes 7:25; 8:8; ר ׳אַנְשֵׁי Job 34:8; ר ׳אָהֳלֵי Psalm 84:11; מֵרִשְׁעוֺ שׁוּב Ezekiel 3:19; 33:12 (see רִשְׁעָה 3).