Word

רִשְׁעָה

rishʻâh · H7564 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences

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Meanings

wicked deeds, wickedness

Action by which humans act in a way that is contrary to (God's) law, resulting in a state of guilt

Examples
Deuteronomy 9:4 “Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them away from you, ‘Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land.’ Rather, it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.
Deuteronomy 9:5 “It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to confirm the oath which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 25:2 then it shall be if the wicked person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall then make him lie down and have him beaten in his presence with the number of lashes according to his wrongful act.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

8 occurrences in 3 groups

הוּhis 4
גּוֹיnation, people 2
רָשָׁעwicked 2

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עָשָׂהto do, to make 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בָּעַרto burn, to purge 1
הָיָהto be, to become 1
סָלַףto subvert, to overthrow 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

זֹאתthis 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 6
מִןfrom 4
לto/for 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 3 groups

עָשָׂהto do, to make 2
גְּבוּלborder, territory 1
דַּיsufficiency 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

עָוֺן ʻâvôn · H5771 · iniquity: Both denote moral fault or wrongdoing within the field of sin and iniquity.
זִמָּה zimmâh · H2154 · plan, depravity, wickedness: Both are abstract nouns denoting wickedness, sinfulness or moral evil.

In the other Testament 2 words

ἀνομία anomía · G458 · to live lawlessly, lawlessness, lawless living: Greek ἀνομία (anomia) renders Hebrew רִשְׁעָה (rish'ah) as its standard cross-linguistic equivalent, both denoting wickedness/lawlessness as a state or quality of moral violation; the Greek term emphasizes the legal dimension (violation of law) while the Hebrew term foregrounds the ethical dimension (fault, wickedness), but both occupy the same core semantic space of wrongdoing.
ἄνομος ánomos · G459 · lawless, without the Law: Greek ἄνομος emphasizes lawlessness as violation of divine/legal standards, directly paralleling Hebrew רִשְׁעָה's sense of wickedness as moral-legal fault before God.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Sin002003003018: Deuteronomy 9:4 explains that it is "because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out," directly attesting the sinful conduct this word denotes.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רָשַׁע râshaʻ · H7561 · to be guilty, to declare guilty, to condemn as guilty · 34×רָשָׁע râshâʻ · H7563 · wicked, evil, guilty, in the wrong · 263×רֶשַׁע reshaʻ · H7562 · wicked deeds, wickedness · 30×רִשְׁעָהrishʻâh · H7564מִרְשַׁעַת mirshaʻath · H4849 · wicked woman · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7564. rishah רִשְׁעָה noun feminine wickedness; — absolute ׳ר Isa 9:17 +; construct…

H7564. rishah
רִשְׁעָה noun feminine wickedness; — absolute ׳ר Isa 9:17 +; construct רִשְׁעַת Deu 9:4 +; suffix רִשְׁעָתוֺ Deu 25:2 +; —
1 wickedness in civil relations, Deu 25:2; Pro 13:3; Isa 9:17; רָשָׁע יפל בְּרִשׁעָתוֺ Pro 11:5.
2 wickedness of enemies, ר ׳גְּבוּל Mal 1:4 (Edom); הר ׳זאת Zec 5:8 (personification); לְרִשְׁעָה Eze 5:6 (strike out Co); הגרים רִשְׁעַת Deu 9:4-5,.
3 wickedness, ethical and religious, ר ׳עשׁה Mal 3:15; Malachi 3:19, מֵרִשׁעָתוֺ שׁוּב Eze 18:27; Eze 33:19; (הָ)רָשָׁע רִשְׁעַת Eze 18:20; Eze 33:12.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Sin15 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0