Words the Bible translates as disaster
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- raרַעcalamity: disaster, ruin, or affliction that falls on a person or nation, the trouble that is the opposite of well-being
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- bad: failing the standard of what it should be, whether defective, harmful, or unpleasant, with no question of sin
- morally evil: conduct, intent, or persons that are wrong in the sight of God, the opposite of what is good
- edאֵידdisaster: a sudden, crushing catastrophe that overtakes a person or a nation, often the appointed day of their downfall
- asonאָסוֹןa grave, usually fatal calamity that befalls someone; a deadly accident or mishap
- pidפִּידdisasternot studied yet
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