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Lexicon :: Strong's H7455 - rōaʿ

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רֹעַ
Transliteration
rōaʿ
Pronunciation
ro'-ah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2191b

Strong’s Definitions

רֹעַ rôaʻ, ro'-ah; from H7489; badness (as marring), physically or morally:—× be so bad, badness, (× be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H7455 in the following manner: evil (11x), wickedness (3x), bad (1x), badness (1x), naughtiness (1x), sorrow (1x), sadness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H7455 in the following manner: evil (11x), wickedness (3x), bad (1x), badness (1x), naughtiness (1x), sorrow (1x), sadness (1x).

  1. badness, evil

    1. badness, bad quality

    2. wilfulness

    3. evil, badness (ethical)

    4. sadness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֹעַ rôaʻ, ro'-ah; from H7489; badness (as marring), physically or morally:—× be so bad, badness, (× be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.
STRONGS H7455: Abbreviations
† רֹעַ noun [masculine] badness, evil; — ר׳ absolute Genesis 41:19 4 times Jeremiah; construct Hosea 9:15 13 times; —
1. badness, bad quality, of cattle Genesis 41:19 (E), figs Jeremiah 24:2,3,8; Jeremiah 29:17.
2. wilfulness, רֹעַ לבב 1 Samuel 17:28 (Gerber161makes 2 and 4 [infinitive of] verb).
3. ethical, evil, badness, only in phrase: רֹעַ מעללים evil of doings Deuteronomy 28:20; Isaiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 21:12; Jeremiah 23:2,22; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 44:22; Hosea 9:15; Psalm 28:4 (compare רַע מעללים 1 Samuel 25:3).
4. sadness, פָּנִים ר׳ Ecclesiastes 7:3, לֵב ר׳ Nehemiah 2:3 (compare [רָעַע] 2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:19; 41:19

Deuteronomy

28:20

1 Samuel

17:28; 25:3

Nehemiah

2:3

Psalms

28:4

Ecclesiastes

7:3

Isaiah

1:16

Jeremiah

4:4; 21:12; 23:2; 23:22; 24:2; 24:3; 24:8; 25:5; 26:3; 29:17; 44:22

Hosea

9:15; 9:15

H7455

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7455 matches the Hebrew רֹעַ (rōaʿ),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - “Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such ugliness as I have never seen in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:20 - “The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart.” So I became dreadfully afraid,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:4 - Give them according to their deeds,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;
Give them according to the work of their hands;
Render to them what they deserve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 - Sorrow is better than laughter,
For by a sad countenance the heart is made better.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Circumcise yourselves to the LORD,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - ‘O house of David! Thus says the LORD:

“Execute judgment in the morning;
And deliver him who is plundered
Out of the hand of the oppressor,
Lest My fury go forth like fire
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:22 - But if they had stood in My counsel,
And had caused My people to hear My words,
Then they would have turned them from their evil way
And from the evil of their doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - Then the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - ‘And as the bad figs which cannot be eaten, they are so bad’—surely thus says the LORD—‘so will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, his princes, the residue of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:5 - “They said, ‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - ‘Perhaps everyone will listen and turn from his evil way, that I may relent concerning the calamity which I purpose to bring on them because of the evil of their doings.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:17 - thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like rotten figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - “So the LORD could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - “All their wickedness is in Gilgal,
For there I hated them.
Because of the evil of their deeds
I will drive them from My house;
I will love them no more.
All their princes are rebellious.
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