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Wicked

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H7563, H1100, H5767, H6001, G0113, G0459, G2556
Hebrew
רָשָׁע · râshâʻ
Greek
ἄθεσμος · áthesmos

Strong’s and original-language information

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

רָשָׁע

H7563
Transliteration
râshâʻ
Pronunciation
raw-shaw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
263

Glosses

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

Lexicon definition

morally wrong

concretely, an (actively) bad person

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בְּלִיַּעַל

H1100
Transliteration
bᵉlîyaʻal
Pronunciation
bel-e-yah'-al
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
27

Glosses

Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.

Lexicon definition

without profit, worthlessness

by extension, destruction, wickedness

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עַוָּל

H5767
Transliteration
ʻavvâl
Pronunciation
av-vawl'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

unjust, unrighteous, wicked.

Lexicon definition

evil (morally)

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עָמֵל

H6001
Transliteration
ʻâmêl
Pronunciation
aw-male'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
9

Glosses

that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.

Lexicon definition

toiling

concretely, a laborer

figuratively, sorrowful

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ἄνομος

G0459
Transliteration
ánomos
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
9

Glosses

without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked

Lexicon definition

lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law

(by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

κακός

G2556
Transliteration
kakós
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
50

Glosses

bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked

Lexicon definition

worthless (intrinsically, such

whereas G4190 (πονηρός) properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Wicked

Indexed occurrences: 349

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All Scripture references309 references

Genesis 6

Exodus 7

Leviticus 1

Numbers 3

Deuteronomy 3

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 3

Job 29

Psalms 81

Proverbs 77

Ecclesiastes 6

Isaiah 13

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Micah 1

Habakkuk 3

Zephaniah 1

Malachi 2

Matthew 1

Mark 5

Luke 8

John 1

Acts 8

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

Colossians 2

Philemon 1

Hebrews 1

James 1

1 John 1

Jude 2

Revelation 1

Topical Bible

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Ancient Context20 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Posterity Of Adam, And The Ten Generations From Him To The Deluge.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 2

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In An Ark, With His Kindred, And Afterwards Dwelt In The Plain Of Shinar.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 3

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Isaac Died, And Was Buried In Hebron.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 22

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Joseph Was Thus Sold By His Brethren Into Egypt, By Reason Of Their Hatred To Him; And How He There Grew Famous And Illustrious And Had His Brethren Under His Power.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 3

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Signal Chastity Of Joseph.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 4

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Joseph When He Was Become Famous In Egypt, Had His Brethren In Subjection.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 6

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Ten Plagues Which Came Upon The Egyptians.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 14

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 16

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 8

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 1

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Samuel When He Was So Infirm With Old Age That He Could Not Take Care Of The Public Affairs Intrusted Them To His Sons; And How Upon The Evil Administration Of The Government By Them The Multitude Were So Angry, That They Required To Have A King To Govern Them, Although Samuel Was Much Displeased Thereat.

Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 3

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How David Fled To Ahimelech And Afterwards To The Kings Of The Philistines And Of The Moabites, And How Saul Slew Ahimelech And His Family.

Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 12

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How David, When He Had Twice The Opportunity Of Killing Saul Did Not Kill Him. Also Concerning The Death Of Samuel And Nabal.

Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 13

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Saul Upon God's Not Answering Him Concerning The Fight With The Philistines Desired A Necromantic Woman To Raise Up The Soul Of Samuel To Him; And How He Died, With His Sons Upon The Overthrow Of The Hebrews In Battle.

Antiquities Book 6, Chapter 14

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Absalom Murdered Amnon, Who Had Forced His Own Sister; And How He Was Banished And Afterwards Recalled By David.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 8

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How David, When He Had Recovered His Kingdom, Was Reconciled To Shimei, And To Ziba; And Showed A Great Affection To Barzillai; And How, Upon The Rise Of A Sedition, He Made Amasa Captain Of His Host, In Order To Pursue Seba; Which Amasa Was Slain By Joab.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 11

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

What Charge David Gave To his Son Solomon At The Approach Of His Death, And How Many Things He Left Him For The Building Of The Temple.

Antiquities Book 7, Chapter 15

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Solomon, When He Had Received The Kingdom Took Off His Enemies.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 1

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Jadon The Prophet Was Persuaded By Another Lying Prophet And Returned [To Bethel,] And Was Afterwards Slain By A Lion. As Also What Words The Wicked Prophet Made Use Of To Persuade The King, And Thereby Alienated His Mind From God.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 9

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning The Death Of A Son Of Jeroboam. How Jeroboam Was Beaten By Abijah Who Died A Little Afterward And Was Succeeded In His Kingdom By Asa. And Also How, After The Death Of Jeroboam Baasha Destroyed His Son Nadab And All The House Of Jeroboam.

Antiquities Book 8, Chapter 11

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THE WICKED

Nave’s Topical Bible references for THE WICKED.

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WICKED

Nave’s Topical Bible references for WICKED.

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Avim

wicked or perverse men

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Avith

wicked, perverse

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Babe

Used of children generally (Matt. 11:25; 21:16; Luke 10:21; Rom. 2:20). It is used also of those who are weak in Christian faith and knowledge (1 Cor. 3:1; Heb. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:2). In Isa. 3:4 the word "babes" refers to a succession of weak and wicked princes who reigned over Judah from the death of Josiah downward to the destruction of Jerusalem.

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Bands

(1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Ps. 2:3); (3) uniting together Christ's body the church (Col. 2:19; 3:14; Eph. 4:3); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezek. 34:27; Isa. 28:22; 52:2); (5) of brotherhood (Ezek. 37:15-28); (6) no bands to the wicked in their death (Ps. 73:4; Job 21:7; Ps. 10:6). Also denotes chains (Luke 8:29); companies of soldiers (Acts 21:31); a shepherd's staff, indicating the union between Judah and Israel (Zech. 11:7).

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Beg

That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence (Ex. 23:11; Deut. 15:11), but there is no mention of beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by the law of Moses (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 12:12; 14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they shall be beggars (Ps. 37:25; 109:10). In the New Testament we find not seldom mention made of beggars (Mark 10:46; Luke 16:20, 21; Acts 3:2), yet there is no mention of such a class as vagrant beggars, so numerous in the East. "Beggarly," in Gal. 4:9, means worthless.

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Belial

wicked, worthless

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Bitter

Bitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery, and servitude (Ex. 1:14; Ruth 1:20; Jer. 9:15). The Chaldeans are called the "bitter and hasty nation" (Hab. 1:6). The "gall of bitterness" expresses a state of great wickedness (Acts 8:23). A "root of bitterness" is a wicked person or a dangerous sin (Heb. 12:15). The Passover was to be eaten with "bitter herbs" (Ex. 12:8; Num. 9:11). The kind of herbs so designated is not known. Probably they were any bitter herbs obtainable at the place and time when the Passover was celebrated. They represented the severity of the servitude under which the people groaned; and have been regarded also as typical of the sufferings of Christ.

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Eternal death

The miserable fate of the wicked in hell (Matt. 25:46; Mark 3:29; Heb. 6:2; 2 Thess. 1:9; Matt. 18:8; 25:41; Jude 1:7). The Scripture as clearly teaches the unending duration of the penal sufferings of the lost as the "everlasting life," the "eternal life" of the righteous. The same Greek words in the New Testament (aion, aionios, aidios) are used to express (1) the eternal existence of God (1 Tim. 1:17; Rom. 1:20; 16:26); (2) of Christ (Rev. 1:18); (3) of the Holy Ghost (Heb. 9:14); and (4) the eternal duration of the sufferings of the lost (Matt. 25:46; Jude 1:6). Their condition after casting off the mortal body is spoken of in these expressive words: "Fire that shall not be quenched" (Mark 9:45, 46), "fire unquenchable" (Luke 3:17), "the worm that never dies," the "bottomless pit" (Rev. 9:1), "the smoke of their torment ascending up for ever and ever" (Rev. 14:10, 11). The idea that the "second death" (Rev. 20:14) is in the case of the wicked their absolute destruction, their annihilation, has not the slightest support from Scripture, which always represents their future as one of conscious suffering enduring for ever. The supposition that God will ultimately secure the repentance and restoration of all sinners is equally unscriptural. There is not the slightest trace in all the Scriptures of any such restoration. Sufferings of themselves have no tendency to purify the soul from sin or impart spiritual life. The atoning death of Christ and the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit are the only means of divine appointment for bringing men to repentance. Now in the case of them that perish these means have been rejected, and "there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins" (Heb. 10:26, 27).

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Hivites

wicked; wickedness

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Ikkesh

forward; wicked

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Judgments of God

(1.) The secret decisions of God's will (Ps. 110:5; 36:6). (2.) The revelations of his will (Ex. 21:1; Deut. 6:20; Ps. 119:7-175). (3.) The infliction of punishment on the wicked (Ex. 6:6; 12:12; Ezek. 25:11; Rev. 16:7), such as is mentioned in Gen. 7; 19:24, 25; Judg. 1:6, 7; Acts 5:1-10, etc.

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Reconcilation

A change from enmity to friendship. It is mutual, i.e., it is a change wrought in both parties who have been at enmity. (1.) In Col. 1:21, 22, the word there used refers to a change wrought in the personal character of the sinner who ceases to be an enemy to God by wicked works, and yields up to him his full confidence and love. In 2 Cor. 5:20 the apostle beseeches the Corinthians to be "reconciled to God", i.e., to lay aside their enmity. (2.) Rom. 5:10 refers not to any change in our disposition toward God, but to God himself, as the party reconciled. Romans 5:11 teaches the same truth. From God we have received "the reconciliation" (R.V.), i.e., he has conferred on us the token of his friendship. So also 2 Cor. 5:18, 19 speaks of a reconciliation originating with God, and consisting in the removal of his merited wrath. In Eph. 2:16 it is clear that the apostle does not refer to the winning back of the sinner in love and loyalty to God, but to the restoration of God's forfeited favour. This is effected by his justice being satisfied, so that he can, in consistency with his own nature, be favourable toward sinners. Justice demands the punishment of sinners. The death of Christ satisfies justice, and so reconciles God to us. This reconciliation makes God our friend, and enables him to pardon and save us. (See [523]ATONEMENT.)

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Scorpions

Mentioned along with serpents (Deut. 8:15). Used also figuratively to denote wicked persons (Ezek. 2:6; Luke 10:19); also a particular kind of scourge or whip (1 Kings 12:11). Scorpions were a species of spider. They abounded in the Jordan valley.

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Spider

The trust of the hypocrite is compared to the spider's web or house (Job 8:14). It is said of the wicked by Isaiah that they "weave the spider's web" (59:5), i.e., their works and designs are, like the spider's web, vain and useless. The Hebrew word here used is 'akkabish, "a swift weaver." In Prov. 30:28 a different Hebrew word (semamith) is used. It is rendered in the Vulgate by stellio, and in the Revised Version by "lizard." It may, however, represent the spider, of which there are, it is said, about seven hundred species in Palestine.

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Tahrea

anger; wicked contention

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Tribulation

Trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.

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