Hebrew word study

רָעַעrâʻaʻ — properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces)

Pronounced “raw-ah'”

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

Translated in the King James as: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

Appears 102 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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