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Strong's #7563 - רָשָׁע
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- wicked, criminal
- guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)
- wicked (hostile to God)
- wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)
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2799) osr (רסהאה RShAh) AC: Depart CO: ? AB: Wicked
V) osr (רסהאה RShAh) - Depart: To leave the correct path in the sense of being wicked. KJV (34): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) condemn, wicked, depart, trouble, vex, wickedness - Strongs: H7561 (רָשַׁע)
Nm) osr (רסהאה RShAh) - I. Wicked:One who has departed from the correct path or way. II. Wickedness:KJV (293): wickedness, wicked, iniquity - Strongs: H7562 (רֶשַׁע), H7563 (רָשָׁע)
ef1) eosir (ריסהאהה RYShAhH) - Wickedness: KJV (15): wickedness, wickedly, fault - Strongs: H7564 (רִשְׁעָה)
hf2) tosrm (מרסהאהת MRShAhT) - Wicked: KJV (1): wicked - Strongs: H4849 (מִרְשַׁעַת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 usually as substantive, one guilty of crime, deserving punishment; sometimes also wicked; opposed to צַדִּיע; רָשָׁע Exodus 2:13; Exodus 23:1 (E), Deuteronomy 25:2; Proverbs 17:23; Proverbs 18:5; Proverbs 25:5; Job 9:22,24; collective Genesis 18:23,25 (twice in verse) (J) Micah 6:10; Proverbs 3:33; Proverbs 28:4, רשׁעים 1 Samuel 24:14; Jeremiah 5:26; Proverbs 19:28; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 29:12, אנשׁים רשׁעים 2 Samuel 4:11 (murderers), רָשָׁע לָמוּת Numbers 35:31 (P) guilty of death, ׳מוֺשֵׁל ר Proverbs 28:15, compare Proverbs 29:2, ׳הִצְדִּיק ר Exodus 23:7 (E) Isaiah 5:23; Proverbs 17:15; ׳הִרְשִׁיעַ ר Deuteronomy 25:1; 1 Kings 8:32 = השׁיב לְרָשָׁע 2 Chronicles 6:23; צַדִּיק׳אמר לר Proverbs 24:24.
2 guilty of hostility to God or his people, wicked enemies: רשׁע singular Psalm 17:13 6t. Psalm; Isaiah 26:10; collective Psalm 9:6; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 10:2 6t. Psalm; Isaiah 11:4; Habakkuk 3:13; רשׁעים Psalm 3:8; Psalm 7:10; Psalm 9:18 5t. Psalm; Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 57:20,21; Jeremiah 25:31; Ezekiel 21:34; Malachi 3:21 ( + (possibly) other cases; often hard to decide); specifically of Pharaoh Exodus 9:27 (J), Babylon Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 14:5, Chaldeans Habakkuk 1:4,13; "" שׂנְאֵי יהוה 2 Chronicles 19:2.
3 guilty of sin, against either God or Prayer of Manasseh , wicked: האנשׁים הרשׁעים Numbers 16:26 (J, rebellious Korahites), Malachi 3:18 (not serving ׳י), opposed to צַדִּיק; singular individual Ezekiel 3:18 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 33:8 (twice in verse); Psalm 11:5; Psalm 32:10; Proverbs 9:7 +; collective Isaiah 3:11; Job 34:18; Job 36:6,17; plural רשׁעים Isaiah 53:9; Jeremiah 23:19 = Jeremiah 30:23, Zephaniah 1:3; Psalm 26:5; Proverbs 10:3; Ecclesiastes 8:10 +; "" חסֹידים 1 Samuel 2:9 (Poem), Psalm 12:9; Psalm 50:16; Psalm 97:10; Psalm 145:20; "" עֹזְבֵי תוֺדָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 119:53; compare V:61, +; ׳אדם ר Proverbs 11:7; Job 20:29; Job 27:13; ׳אִישׁ ר Proverbs 21:29; ׳מלאך ר Proverbs 13:17; זֶרַע רשׁעים Psalm 37:28; עֲצַת רשׁעים Psalm 1:1; Job 10:3; Job 21:16; Job 22:18; דֶּרֶךְ רשׁעים Jeremiah 12:1; Psalm 1:6; Psalm 146:9; Proverbs 4:19; Proverbs 12:26; דֶּרֶךְ רשׁע Proverbs 15:9; מִדַּדְכּוֺהָֽרְשָׁעה Ezekiel 3:18,19 (but see, Co, above); רִשְׁעֵי (ה)ארץ Psalm 75:9; Psalm 101:8; Psalm 119:119; Ezekiel 7:21 (ᵐ5 Co עריצי). — is rare before exile; chiefly Ezekiel Psalm Wisdom Literature.
רָשָׁע adj.
(1) wicked, unrighteous, Genesis 18:23; Job 9:24, 15:20 20:29 Psalms 1:1,,, 3:8 7:10 9:18 11:6 and very frequently. Opposed to צַדִּיק. Sometimes (but however, rarely) used of the Gentiles (גּוֹיִם) as oppressing the Israelites (עֲנִיִּים), Isaiah 14:5; Psalms 9:6 compare רֶשַׁע Psalms 84:11, 125:3 and Greek ἄνομοι of the Gentiles, 1Ma_2:44 3:5 Acts 2:23.
(2) having an unrighteous cause (in a forensic sense), Exodus 23:7; Deuteronomy 25:1.
(3) guilty, liable to punishment, Genesis 18:23, 25 Genesis 18:25. רָשָׁע לָמוּת guilty of death, Numbers 35:31.