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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 BoxGen 41:19 - “And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and lean, such as I had never seen in all the land of Egypt, in regard to [fn]ugliness H7455;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:20 -

“Yahweh will send upon you the curse, confusion, and rebuke, in all [fn]that you send forth your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil H7455 of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 -

Then Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I myself know your arrogance and the wickedness H7455 of your heart, for you have come down in order to see the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness H7455 of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:4 -

Give to them according to their work and according to the evil H7455 of their actions;

Give to them according to the deeds of their hands;

Return their dealings upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 -

Better is vexation than laughter,

For when a face is sad H7455 a heart may be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 -

“Wash yourselves, purify yourselves;

Remove the evil H7455 of your deeds from before My eyes.

Cease to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 -

“Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh

And remove the foreskins of your heart,

Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,

Lest My wrath go forth like fire

And burn with none to quench it

Because of the evil H7455 of your deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David, thus says Yahweh:

“Render justice [fn]every morning;

And deliver the person who has been robbed from the [fn]power of his oppressor,

Lest My wrath go forth like fire

And burn with none to extinguish it,

Because of the evil H7455 of their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who are shepherding My people: “You have scattered My flock and banished them and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil H7455 of your deeds,” declares Yahweh.

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“But if they had stood in My council,

Then they would have caused My words to be heard by My people

And would have turned them back from their evil way

And from the evil H7455 of their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very rotten figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness H7455.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - Then Yahweh said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the rotten figs, very rotten, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness H7455.”

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‘But like the rotten figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness H7455—indeed, thus says Yahweh—so I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who inhabit the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:5 - saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil H7455 of your deeds, and live on the ground which Yahweh 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 they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may [fn]relent of the evil which I am devising to [fn]bring against them because of the evil H7455 of their deeds.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:17 - thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like split-open figs that cannot be eaten due to rottenness H7455.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - “So Yahweh was no longer able to bear it, because of the evil H7455 of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have done; thus your land has become a waste place, an object of horror, and an imprecation, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 -

All their evil is at Gilgal;

Indeed, I came to hate them there!

Because of the evil H7455 of their deeds

I will drive them out of My house!

I will love them no more;

All their princes are rebels.

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