Lexical Definition

‎רָשָׁע‎ râshâʻ (raw-shaw') wicked ^H:N
from ‎רָשַׁע‎

[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

• morally wrong
• concretely, an (actively) bad person

1) wicked, criminal
1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)
1b) wicked (hostile to God)
1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רָשָׁע‎₂₆₃ adjective wicked, criminal; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Gen 18:23 +; plural ‎רְשָׁעִים‎ Isa 13:11 +; construct ‎רִשְׁעֵי‎ Ps 75:9* + 3 t. feminine singular ‎רְשָׁעָה‎ Ezek 3:18 (strike out Co), vEzek 3:19 (‎רָשָׁע‎ Co); —

1. usually as substantive, one guilty of crime, deserving punishment; sometimes also wicked; opposed to ‎צַדִּיע‎; ‎רָשָׁע‎ Exod 2:13; Exod 23:1 (E), Deut 25:2; Prov 17:23; Prov 18:5; Prov 25:5; Job 9:22; Job 9:24 collective Gen 18:23; Gen 18:25 (twice in verse) (J) Mic 6:10; Prov 3:33; Prov 28:4, ‎רשׁעים‎ 1Sam 24:14*; Jer 5:26; Prov 19:28; Prov 20:26; Prov 29:12, ‎אנשׁים רשׁעים‎ 2Sam 4:11 (murderers), ‎רָשָׁע לָמוּת‎ Num 35:31 (P) guilty of death, ‎׳‎‎מוֺשֵׁל ר‎ Prov 28:15, compare Prov 29:2, ‎׳‎‎הִצְדִּיק ר‎ Exod 23:7 (E) Isa 5:23; Prov 17:15 ‎׳‎‎הִרְשִׁיעַ ר‎ Deut 25:1; 1Kgs 8:32 = ‎השׁיב לְרָשָׁע‎ 2Chr 6:23 ‎צַדִּיק‎ ‎׳‎‎אמר לר‎ Prov 24:24.

2. guilty of hostility to God or his people, wicked enemies: ‎רשׁע‎ singular Ps 17:13 + 6 t. Psalms; Isa 26:10 collective Ps 9:6*; Ps 9:17*; Ps 10:2 + 6 t. Psalms; Isa 11:4; Hab 3:13 ‎רשׁעים‎ Ps 3:8*; Ps 7:10*; Ps 9:18* + 5 t. Psalms; Isa 48:22; Isa 57:20; Isa 57:21; Jer 25:31; Ezek 21:34*; Mal 3:21* ( + (possibly) other cases; often hard to decide); specifically of Pharaoh Exod 9:27 (J), Babylon Isa 13:11; Isa 14:5, Chaldeans Hab 1:4; Hab 1:13 || ‎שׂנְאֵי יהוה‎ 2Chr 19:2.

3. guilty of sin, against either God or man, wicked: ‎האנשׁים הרשׁעים‎ Num 16:26 (J, rebellious Korahites), Mal 3:18 (not serving ‎׳‎‎י‎), opposed to ‎צַדִּיק‎; singular individual Ezek 3:18 (twice in verse); Ezek 21:30*; Ezek 33:8 (twice in verse); Ps 11:5; Ps 32:10; Prov 9:7 +; collective Isa 3:11; Job 34:18; Job 36:6; Job 36:17 plural ‎רשׁעים‎ Isa 53:9; Jer 23:19 = Jer 30:23, Zeph 1:3; Ps 26:5; Prov 10:3; Eccl 8:10 +; || ‎חסֹידים‎ 1Sam 2:9 (Poem), Ps 12:9*; Ps 50:16; Ps 97:10; Ps 145:20 || ‎עֹזְבֵי תוֺדָתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 119:53 compare V:61, +; ‎׳‎‎אדם ר‎ Prov 11:7; Job 20:29; Job 27:13 ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ ר‎ Prov 21:29 ‎׳‎‎מלאך ר‎ Prov 13:17 ‎זֶרַע רשׁעים‎ Ps 37:28 ‎עֲצַת רשׁעים‎ Ps 1:1; Job 10:3; Job 21:16; Job 22:18 ‎דֶּרֶךְ רשׁעים‎ Jer 12:1; Ps 1:6; Ps 146:9; Prov 4:19; Prov 12:26 ‎דֶּרֶךְ רשׁע‎ Prov 15:9 ‎מִדַּדְכּוֺ‎ ‎הָֽרְשָׁעה‎ Ezek 3:18; Ezek 3:19 (but see, Co, above); ‎רִשְׁעֵי (ה)ארץ‎ Ps 75:9*; Ps 101:8; Ps 119:119; Ezek 7:21 (ᵐ5 Co ‎עריצי‎). — is rare before exile; chiefly Ezekiel Psalms Wisdom Literature.

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