Lexical Definition

‎רֶשַׁע‎ reshaʻ (reh'-shah) wickedness ^H:N-M
from ‎רָשַׁע‎

iniquity, wicked(-ness).

• a wrong (especially moral)

1) wrong, wickedness, guilt
1a) wickedness (as violence and crime against civil law)
1b) wickedness (of enemies)
1c) wickedness (in ethical relations)

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Also see: רִשְׁעָה

‎רֶ֫שַׁע‎ noun masculine^{1Sam 24:14*} wickedness; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Mic 6:10 +, ‎רָ֑שַׁע‎ Eccl 3:16 construct (perhaps) ‎רֶ֫שַׁע‎ Eccl 7:25 ‎רִשְׁעוֺ‎ Deut 9:27 +, etc.; —

1. wickedness, as violence and crime against civil law Eccl 3:16 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎אֶגְרֹף ר‎ Isa 58:4 fist of wickedness; ‎׳‎‎חַרְצֻבּוֺת ר‎ vIsa 58:6 ‎׳‎‎לֶחֶם ר‎ Prov 4:17 ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה ר‎ Ezek 7:11 ‎׳‎‎מאֹזְנֵי ר‎ Mic 6:11 ‎׳‎‎אֹצְרוֺת ר‎ vMic 6:10, compare Prov 10:2 ‎בְּרֶשַׁע‎ Ps 141:4; Prov 12:3 ‎׳‎‎עשׂות ר‎ Prov 16:12 ‎׳‎‎מֵרְשָׁעִים יֵצֵא ר‎ 1Sam 24:14*, (proverb).

2. wickedness of enemies: of Egypt Ezek 31:11 (dubious Co; gloss Toy); ‎׳‎‎שֵׁבֶט הר‎ Ps 125:3 (ᵐ5 SS ‎רָשָׁע‎).

3. wickedness, in ethical relations: || ‎חטאת‎ Deut 9:27 (D²); || ‎עון‎ Jer 14:20 || ‎עולה‎ Hos 10:13 opposed to ‎צֶדֶק‎ Ps 45:8*, ‎אֱמֶת‎ Prov 8:7 see also Ps 5:5*; Ps 10:15; Job 34:10; Job 35:8; Eccl 7:25; Eccl 8:8 ‎׳‎‎אַנְשֵׁי ר‎ Job 34:8 ‎׳‎‎אָהֳלֵי ר‎ Ps 84:11* ‎שׁוּב‎ ‎מֵרִשְׁעוֺ‎ Ezek 3:19; Ezek 33:12 (see ‎רִשְׁעָה‎

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