rasha · be guilty; condemn

What it means

rasha (רָשַׁע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be guilty; condemn”.

Be guilty, act wickedly; in another form, declare guilty, condemn.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To act badly, be at fault.
2. To pass a verdict of guilty on someone in a trial.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• wicked ×16
• we have acted wickedly ×5
• act wickedly ×3
• acted wickedly ×3
• acting wickedly ×1
• declare him guilty ×1
• declares guilty ×1
• have done wickedly ×1
• he condemned them ×1
• they declare guilty ×1
• others ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×11
• Psalms×4
• Proverbs×2
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Isaiah×2
• Daniel×4

• Exodus 22:9

  In every case of transgression, whether for an ox, for a donkey, for a lamb, for a garment, or for any lost thing of which someone says, ‘This is it,’ the case of the two of them shall come before Elohim; the one whom Elohim declares guilty shall repay double to his neighbor.

• Deuteronomy 25:1

  If there is a dispute between men, and they come near to judgment, and they judge them, they shall declare righteous the righteous and declare wicked the wicked.

• 1 Samuel 14:47

  Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought all around against all his enemies: against Moab, against the sons of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he condemned them.

• 1 Samuel 24:13

  As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘From the wicked comes wickedness’; but my hand shall not be against you.

• 2 Samuel 22:22

  For I have kept the ways of YHWH and have not acted wickedly, departing from my Elohim.

• 1 Kings 8:32

  then you listen in the heavens, and act, and judge your servants, declaring wicked the wicked, putting his way on his head, and declaring righteous the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness.

• 1 Kings 8:47

  and they bring it back to their heart in the land where they have been carried captive, and they return and make supplication to you in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned, and we have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly’;

• 2 Chronicles 6:37

  and they bring it back to their heart in the land where they have been carried captive, and they return and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, and we have acted wickedly,’

• 2 Chronicles 20:35

  After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

• 2 Chronicles 22:3

  He too walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly.

• Nehemiah 9:33

  Yet you are righteous in all that has come upon us, for faithfully you have acted, while we have done wickedly.

• Job 9:20

  Though I were righteous, my own mouth would declare me wicked; blameless I am, and he would declare me crooked.

• Job 9:29

  I will be counted wicked; why then do I toil in vain?

• Job 10:2

  I will say to Eloah: Do not declare me wicked; let me know why you contend with me.

• Job 10:7

  although you know that I am not wicked, and there is none to deliver from your hand?

• Job 10:15

  If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift my head, sated with dishonor and seeing my affliction.

• Job 15:6

  Your mouth declares you wicked, and not I; and your lips testify against you.

• Job 32:3

  And against his three companions his anger burned because they had not found an answer and yet had declared Job wicked.

• Job 34:12

  Yes, truly, El does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

• Job 34:17

  Can even one who hates justice govern? Or will you declare wicked the righteous mighty one?

• Job 34:29

  And when he gives quiet, who can declare him wicked? And when he hides his face, who can perceive him? So it is over a nation and over a human being alike,

• Job 40:8

  Will you even annul my right? Will you declare me wicked so that you may be in the right?

• Psalms 18:21

  For I have kept the ways of YHWH, and have not acted wickedly, departing from my Elohim.

• Psalms 37:33

  YHWH will not abandon him into his hand, nor declare him guilty when he is judged.

• Psalms 94:21

  They band together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood they declare guilty.

• Psalms 106:6

  We have sinned with our fathers; we have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly.

• Proverbs 12:2

  The good man obtains favor from YHWH, but a man of schemes he declares wicked.

• Proverbs 17:15

  Whoever declares the wicked righteous and whoever declares the righteous wicked, an abomination to YHWH are both of them.

• Ecclesiastes 7:17

  Do not be wicked overmuch, and do not be witless; why should you die before your time?

• Isaiah 50:9

  Look, Adonai YHWH helps me; who is he who will condemn me? Look, all of them like a garment will wear out; the moth will eat them.

• Isaiah 54:17

  No weapon formed against you will prosper, and every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of YHWH, and their righteousness is from me,” declares YHWH.

• Daniel 9:5

  we have sinned and done iniquity, we have acted wickedly and rebelled, and turned aside from your commandments and from your judgments.

• Daniel 9:15

  And now, Adonai our Elohim, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand and made yourself a name, as at this day, we have sinned, we have acted wickedly.

• Daniel 11:32

  And those who act wickedly against the covenant he will corrupt with flatteries; but the people who know their Elohim will stand firm and act.

• Daniel 12:10

  Many will be purified and made white and refined; and the wicked will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand, but the insightful will understand.