7455. roa

Strong's Concordance

roa: badness, evil

Original Word: רֹעַ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: roa
Phonetic Spelling: (ro'-ah)
Definition: badness, evil

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
badness, evil
NASB Translation
evil (10), rottenness (4), sad (1), sadness (1), ugliness (1), wickedness (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רֹעַ noun [masculine] badness, evil; — ׳ר absolute Genesis 41:19 4t. Jeremiah; construct Hosea 9:15 13t.; —

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 (Gerber^161makes 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, מָּנִים ׳ר Ecclesiastes 7:3, לֵב ׳ר Nehemiah 2:3 (compare [רָעַע] 2).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

be so bad, badness, be so evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness

From ra'a'; badness (as marring), physically or morally -- X be so bad, badness, (X be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.

see HEBREW ra'a'

Forms and Transliterations

בְרֹ֥עַ ברע וּכְרֹ֪עַ וּמֵרֹ֖עַ וּמֵרֹ֣עַ וכרע ומרע לָרֹֽעַ׃ לרע׃ מֵרֹ֑עַ מֵרֹֽעַ׃ מרע מרע׃ רֹ֣עַ רֹ֣עַֽ רֹ֥עַ רע ḇə·rō·a‘ ḇərōa‘ lā·rō·a‘ laRoa lārōa‘ mê·rō·a‘ meRoa mêrōa‘ rō·a‘ Roa rōa‘ ū·ḵə·rō·a‘ ū·mê·rō·a‘ ucheRoa ūḵərōa‘ umeRoa ūmêrōa‘ veRoa

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 41:19
HEB: אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לָרֹֽעַ׃
NAS: seen for ugliness in all
KJV: in all the land of Egypt for badness:
INT: the land of Egypt ugliness

Deuteronomy 28:20
HEB: מַהֵ֔ר מִפְּנֵ֛י רֹ֥עַ מַֽעֲלָלֶ֖יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: on account of the evil of your deeds,
KJV: because of the wickedness of thy doings,
INT: quickly because of the evil of your deeds because

1 Samuel 17:28
HEB: זְדֹנְךָ֗ וְאֵת֙ רֹ֣עַ לְבָבֶ֔ךָ כִּ֗י
NAS: your insolence and the wickedness of your heart;
KJV: thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart;
INT: acknowledge your insolence and the wickedness of your heart in

Nehemiah 2:2
HEB: כִּי־ אִ֖ם רֹ֣עַֽ לֵ֑ב וָאִירָ֖א
NAS: is nothing but sadness of heart.
KJV: seeing thou [art] not sick? this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow of heart.
INT: for but sadness of heart afraid

Psalm 28:4
HEB: לָהֶ֣ם כְּפָעֳלָם֮ וּכְרֹ֪עַ מַֽעַלְלֵ֫יהֶ֥ם כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
NAS: them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
KJV: them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours:
INT: according to their work to the evil of their practices to the deeds

Ecclesiastes 7:3
HEB: מִשְּׂחֹ֑ק כִּֽי־ בְרֹ֥עַ פָּנִ֖ים יִ֥יטַב
NAS: For when a face is sad a heart
KJV: than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance
INT: laughter for is sad A face may be happy

Isaiah 1:16
HEB: הִזַּכּ֔וּ הָסִ֛ירוּ רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם מִנֶּ֣גֶד
NAS: Remove the evil of your deeds
KJV: put away the evil of your doings
INT: make Remove the evil of your deeds before

Jeremiah 4:4
HEB: מְכַבֶּ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃
NAS: it, Because of the evil of your deeds.
KJV: [it], because of the evil of your doings.
INT: to quench because of the evil of your deeds

Jeremiah 21:12
HEB: מְכַבֶּ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י רֹ֥עַ [מַעַלְלֵיהֶם כ]
NAS: [it], Because of the evil of their deeds.
KJV: [it], because of the evil of your doings.
INT: to extinguish because of the evil doing

Jeremiah 23:2
HEB: עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־ רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־
NAS: I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds,
KJV: them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings,
INT: to attend concerning the evil of your deeds declares

Jeremiah 23:22
HEB: מִדַּרְכָּ֣ם הָרָ֔ע וּמֵרֹ֖עַ מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ ס
NAS: way And from the evil of their deeds.
KJV: way, and from the evil of their doings.
INT: way their evil the evil of their deeds

Jeremiah 24:2
HEB: לֹא־ תֵֽאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵרֹֽעַ׃ ס
NAS: could not be eaten due to rottenness.
KJV: which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
INT: could not be eaten to rottenness

Jeremiah 24:3
HEB: לֹא־ תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵרֹֽעַ׃ פ
NAS: be eaten due to rottenness.
KJV: that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
INT: cannot be eaten to rottenness

Jeremiah 24:8
HEB: לֹא־ תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵרֹ֑עַ כִּי־ כֹ֣ה ׀
NAS: due to rottenness-- indeed,
KJV: which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith
INT: cannot be eaten to rottenness for thus

Jeremiah 25:5
HEB: מִדַּרְכּ֤וֹ הָֽרָעָה֙ וּמֵרֹ֣עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם וּשְׁבוּ֙
NAS: way and from the evil of your deeds,
KJV: way, and from the evil of your doings,
INT: way his evil the evil of your deeds and dwell

Jeremiah 26:3
HEB: לָהֶ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֖י רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: to them because of the evil of their deeds.'
KJV: unto them because of the evil of their doings.
INT: to do because of the evil of their doings

Jeremiah 29:17
HEB: לֹא־ תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה מֵרֹֽעַ׃
NAS: be eaten due to rottenness.
KJV: that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
INT: cannot be eaten to rottenness

Jeremiah 44:22
HEB: לָשֵׂ֗את מִפְּנֵי֙ רֹ֣עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם מִפְּנֵ֥י
NAS: [it], because of the evil of your deeds,
KJV: because of the evil of your doings,
INT: to endure because of the evil of your deeds because

Hosea 9:15
HEB: שְׂנֵאתִ֔ים עַ֚ל רֹ֣עַ מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם מִבֵּיתִ֖י
NAS: Because of the wickedness of their deeds
KJV: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings
INT: to hate Because of the wickedness of their deeds of my house

19 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7455
19 Occurrences

lā·rō·a‘ — 1 Occ.
mê·rō·a‘ — 4 Occ.
rō·a‘ — 10 Occ.
ū·ḵə·rō·a‘ — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·rō·a‘ — 2 Occ.
ḇə·rō·a‘ — 1 Occ.