Raa (רָעַע, Strong's H7489) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally). The King James Bible translates it as afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

What is the Strong's number for Raa?

The Strong's number for Raa (רָעַע) is H7489. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Raa (Strong’s H7489): Meaning in the Bible

Raa (רָעַע) is the Hebrew word numbered H7489 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally). In the King James Bible it is translated afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462), break (down, in pieces), displease.

רָעַע

râʻaʻ · Hebrew

Strong’s H7489 · raw-ah'

Original wordרָעַע
Transliterationrâʻaʻ
Pronunciationraw-ah'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH7489
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Raa in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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