What does רָשָׁע · ἀσεβής mean in the Bible?
רָשָׁע · ἀσεβής is a Hebrew phrase meaning "guilty or morally corrupt person".
Hebrew · H7563, G765
רָשָׁע
Morally wrong ; concretely, an (actively) bad person · ungodly
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רָשָׁע H7563 morally wrong ; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Pronunciation rasha
Active moral corruption: the wicked person who does wrong, not merely passive failure or error
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ἀσεβής G765 ungodly
Pronunciation asebḗs
Actively hostile toward God and His worship; not merely irreligious but deliberately impious.
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What does רָשָׁע (rasha) mean in the Bible?
רָשָׁע · ἀσεβής is a Hebrew phrase meaning "guilty or morally corrupt person".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7563, G765?
H7563, G765 is connected to 263 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. guilty or morally corrupt person
Strong's H7563, G765
Lexical occurrences 263 verses Source Gloss
guilty or morally corrupt person
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
רָשָׁע is built from this root:
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