H7562 H7562
wickedness, guilt — moral evil as a quality of character or conduct, opposed to God's righteous order
Resha' denotes wickedness conceived not merely as individual misbehavior but as a fundamental disorder opposing God's righteous governance of the world. Its 30 occurrences span legal, prophetic, wisdom, and narrative literature. In Deuteronomy 9:27, Moses pleads with God not to regard Israel's resha' alongside its stubbornness and sin, treating the word as a summary of covenant violation. The ancient proverb 'from the wicked comes wickedness' (1 Sam 24:13) treats it as a self-propagating force. In the wisdom tradition, resha' is the antithesis of tsedaqah ('righteousness'): Proverbs 10:2 warns that 'treasures of wickedness profit nothing,' while Ecclesiastes observes resha' in the very seat of justice (Eccl 3:16). Isaiah personalizes it as the 'fist of wickedness' raised against the oppressed (Isa 58:4) and the 'bonds of wickedness' that must be loosed (Isa 58:6). German 'Bosheit,' Spanish 'maldad,' and French 'mechancete' all capture the moral gravity.
Senses
1. wickedness, evil — Moral wickedness or guilt as a quality of character and conduct, standing in fundamental opposition to God's righteous order. Functions as the antithesis of tsedaqah in wisdom literature (Prov 10:2; Eccl 3:16). In the prophets, it becomes socially concrete: the 'fist of wickedness' (Isa 58:4), 'bonds of wickedness' (Isa 58:6), and 'treasuries of wickedness' (Mic 6:10). The ancient proverb in 1 Samuel 24:13 treats resha' as self-perpetuating evil. Ezekiel 7:11 personifies it as a rod that has blossomed. 30×
AR["-الشَّرِّ","الشَّرَّ","الشَّرُّ","الشَّرِّ","الظُلْمُ","بِ-الشَّرِّ","شَرًّا","شَرٌّ","شَرٍّ","شَرَّ","مِنْ-شَرِّهِ","وَلَا-"]·ben["-এর-দুষ্টতা","তার-দুষ্টতা-থেকে","দুষ্টতা","দুষ্টতাকে","দুষ্টতায়","দুষ্টতার"]·DE["Bosheit","Frevler","[מרשעו]","[רשע]","der-Frevler"]·EN["from-his-wickedness","from-wickedness-of-him","is-wickedness","the-wickedness","wickedness"]·FR["le-méchanceté","méchanceté","méchant"]·heb["ה-רשע","מ-רשעו","רשע"]·HI["दुष्टता","दुष्टता-की","दुष्टता-के","दुष्टता-से","दुष्टताकी","दुष्टताके","दुष्टों-के","से-उसकी-दुष्टता"]·ID["dari-kejahatannya","dari-kejahatannya;","jahat","kefasikan","kejahatan"]·IT["[מרשעו]","[רשע]","empio","il-malvagità","malvagità"]·jav["duraka","durjana","kadurakaan","kadurakan","kadursilan","piawon","saking-duraka-ipun","saking-kadurakaan-ipun"]·KO["그의-악에서","악-에","악-은","악-을","악-의","악을","악의","악이","악한","악함","악함-그","에서-그의-악"]·PT["a-maldade","da-impiedade","da-maldade","de-impiedade-dele","de-maldade-dele","impiedade","maldade"]·RU["зло","нечестивыми","нечестие","нечестие -","нечестие,","нечестие.","нечестия","нечестия,","от-нечестия-его"]·ES["de-maldad-de-él","de-su-maldad;","impiedad","la-maldad","maldad"]·SW["kutoka-uovu-wake","ni-uovu","uovu","vya-uovu","ya-uovu"]·TR["kotulugun","kotuluk","kötülük","kötülükten","kötülüğün","kötülüğünden"]·urd["اپنی-شرارت-سے","بدکاری-کے","شرارت","شرارت کے","شرارت-اپنی-سے","شرارت-سے","شرارت-کی","شرارت-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רֶ֫שַׁע n.m. 1 S 24:14 wickedness;—abs. ר׳ Mi 6:10 +, רָ֑שַׁע Ec 3:16; cstr. (perhaps) רֶ֫שַׁע 7:25; sf. רִשְׁעוֹ Dt 9:27 +, etc.;— 1. wickedness, as violence and crime against civil law Ec 3:16(×2); אֶגְרֹף ר׳ Is 58:4 fist of wickedness; חַרְצֻבּוֹת ר׳ v 6; לֶחֶם ר׳ Pr 4:17; מַטֵּה ר׳ Ez 7:11; מֹאזְנֵי ר׳ Mi 6:11; אֹצְרוֹת ר׳ v 10, cf. Pr 10:2; בְּרֶשַׁע ψ 141:4; Pr 12:3; עשׂות ר׳ 16:12;…