Words the Bible translates as harm
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- raרַעbad: failing the standard of what it should be, whether defective, harmful, or unpleasant, with no question of sin
+2 more meanings
- calamity: disaster, ruin, or affliction that falls on a person or nation, the trouble that is the opposite of well-being
- morally evil: conduct, intent, or persons that are wrong in the sight of God, the opposite of what is good
- kakosκακόςbad: the ordinary, all-purpose opposite of good, covering a corrupt character, a wrongful act, and plain harm alike
- ra'aרָעַעto be bad, go wrong, or be displeasing; to do evil or bring harm on someone
+1 more meaning
- to break, shatter, or smash to pieces
- adikeōἀδικέωto do wrong: to violate what is just by treating a person unfairly or by inflicting injury on someone or something.
- kakoōκακόωto harmnot studied yet
- kakopoieōκακοποιέωto do evil/harmnot studied yet
- asonאָסוֹןa grave, usually fatal calamity that befalls someone; a deadly accident or mishap
- ḥavalחֲבָלharmnot studied yet
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