What does חַי · רַע mean in the Bible?
חַי · רַע is a Hebrew phrase meaning "living creature / wild animal; evil, harmful, dangerous".
Hebrew · H2416, H7451
חַיָּה רָעָה
Alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively · bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
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חַי H2416 alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Pronunciation ḥay
Life principle extending from physical vitality (raw, fresh, strong) to covenantal presence and relational aliveness with God.
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רַע H7451 bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Pronunciation ra
Encompasses both moral wickedness and physical affliction; God's judgment often conflates ethical and natural evil.
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What does חַיָּה רָעָה (chayyah ra'ah) mean in the Bible?
חַי · רַע is a Hebrew phrase meaning "living creature / wild animal; evil, harmful, dangerous".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2416, H7451?
H2416, H7451 is connected to 1,169 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. living creature / wild animal; evil, harmful, dangerous
Strong's H2416, H7451
Lexical occurrences 1,169 verses Source Gloss
living creature / wild animal; evil, harmful, dangerous
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
חַיָּה רָעָה is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain