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H7489 · Hebrew · Old Testament
רָעַע
Raa
Verb
To be evil, bad, harmful

Definition

Raa means to be bad, evil, harmful, or to do evil. It appears about 95 times. It describes moral evil, harmful actions, and things that displease or cause injury.

Usage & Theological Significance

What is evil 'in the eyes of the LORD' brings judgment. God's people are warned not to do what is ra (evil). Yet God also uses the verb to describe bringing calamity/disaster as judgment — not moral evil but harmful consequences for sin.

Key Bible Verses

Genesis 6:5 Every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
Judges 2:11 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD.
Amos 9:4 I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.
Jeremiah 18:10 If it does evil in my sight.
Micah 3:4 Since they have done evil.

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