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Psalms 50:16
“But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רָשָׁעrâshâʻ · raw-shaw'
H7563 · Hebrew
H7563 · Hebrew
- Definition
- morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- Derivation
- from H7561 (רָשַׁע);
- KJV renderings
- [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- לָ֤ — preposition with definite article
- רָשָׁ֨ע — adjective, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 263 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:23Genesis 18:25Genesis 18:25Exodus 2:13Exodus 9:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָשָׁע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.