Strong's Hebrew · H7561
רָשַׁע
râshaʻ · raw-shah'
condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
Definition
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 34 times in Scripture
“For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.”
“But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,”
“If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.”
“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.”
“then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.”
“and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’”
“After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.”
“and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’”
“Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?”
“In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).