Words the Bible translates as evil
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- raרַעmorally evil: conduct, intent, or persons that are wrong in the sight of God, the opposite of what is good
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- bad: failing the standard of what it should be, whether defective, harmful, or unpleasant, with no question of sin
- calamity: disaster, ruin, or affliction that falls on a person or nation, the trouble that is the opposite of well-being
- ponērosπονηρόςevil, wicked: bad in a way that actively works harm
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- the evil one: a title for Satan, the personal source of evil
- kakosκακόςbad: the ordinary, all-purpose opposite of good, covering a corrupt character, a wrongful act, and plain harm alike
- akathartosἀκάθαρτοςunclean: defiled and unfit to come near what is holy, the opposite of pure.
- kakiaκακίαbadness inside a person: above all ill will toward others, and more broadly a corrupt character and the wrongs it produces.
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- trouble: the hardship or misfortune that a day brings with it.
- ponēriaπονηρίαwickedness: badness as a settled quality in a person, with an edge of active ill will that means somebody harm
- avenאָוֶןevil that comes to nothing: the emptiness, harm, and wickedness of a life set against God
- kakōsκακῶςbadly off in body: sick, suffering severely, or brought to a wretched end
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- in a way that is wrong: improperly, out of bad motives, or abusively
- ro'aרֹעַevilnot studied yet
- phaulosφαῦλοςevilnot studied yet
- rishahרִשְׁעָהwickedness: active moral evil and the guilt it carries, the settled opposite of doing right
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