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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Evil

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

613exact KJV occurrences 481Old Testament 132New Testament 60books containing the word 18mapped Strong's IDs 584occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 2:2

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where evil appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7451
רַע

raʻ · rah

434 times translated as this KJV form657 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m n-f

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Strong's KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

Strong's first: Genesis 2:9Strong's last: Malachi 2:17

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GreekG4190
πονηρός

ponērós · pon-ay-ros'

52 times translated as this KJV form77 total Strong's occurrences

hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from G4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners

Strong's KJV usage: :--bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness).

Strong's first: Matthew 5:11Strong's last: 2 John 1:11

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HebrewH7489
רָעַע

râʻaʻ · raw-ah'

19 times translated as this KJV form83 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

Strong's KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

Strong's first: Genesis 44:5Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:12

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GreekG2635
καταλαλέω

katalaléō · kat-al-al-eh'-o

4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

to be a traducer, i.e. to slander

Strong's KJV usage: :--speak against (evil of).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: James 4:11Strong's last: 1 Peter 3:16

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GreekG2554
κακοποιέω

kakopoiéō · kak-op-oy-eh'-o

3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

to be a bad-doer, i.e. (objectively) to injure, or (genitive) to sin

Strong's KJV usage: :--do(ing) evil.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 3:4Strong's last: 3 John 1:11

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GreekG5337
φαῦλος

phaûlos · fow'-los

3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

"foul" or "flawy", i.e. (figuratively) wicked

Strong's KJV usage: :--evil.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: John 3:20Strong's last: James 3:16

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HebrewH205
אָוֶן

ʼâven · aw-ven'

1 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol

Strong's KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.

Strong's first: Proverbs 12:21Strong's last: Proverbs 12:21

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HebrewH6213
עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh · aw-saw'

1 times translated as this KJV form2,630 total Strong's occurrences

v

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 3:39Strong's last: 2 Samuel 3:39

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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613 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Proverbs 20:30
H7451

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

Proverbs 21:10
H7451

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Proverbs 22:3
H7451

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 23:6
H7451

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Proverbs 24:1
H7451

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Proverbs 24:8
H7489

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Proverbs 24:19
H7489

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

Proverbs 24:20
H7451

For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 27:12
H7451

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 28:5
H7451

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Proverbs 28:10
H7451

Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

Proverbs 28:22
H7451

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Proverbs 29:6
H7451

In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

Proverbs 30:32
H2161

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Ecclesiastes 2:21
H7451

For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 4:3
H7451

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:1
H7451

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:13
H7451

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Ecclesiastes 5:14
H7451

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 5:16
H7451

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 6:1
H7451

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Ecclesiastes 6:2
H7451

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Ecclesiastes 8:3
H7451

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

Ecclesiastes 8:5
H7451

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

evil

E'VIL, adjective e'vl. [Heb. to be unjust or injurious, to defraud.]

1. Having bad qualities of a natural kind; mischievous; having qualities which tend to injury, or to produce mischief.

Some evil beast hath devoured him. Genesis 37:2.

2. Having bad qualities of a moral kind; wicked; corrupt; perverse; wrong; as evil thoughts; evil deeds; evil speaking; an evil generation.

3. Unfortunate; unhappy; producing sorrow, distress, injury or calamity; as evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.

E'VIL, noun evil is natural or moral. Natural evil is any thing which produces pain, distress, loss or calamity, or which in any way disturbs the peace, impairs the happiness, or destroys the perfection of natural beings.

Moral evil is any deviation of a moral agent from the rules of conduct prescribed to him by God, or by legitimate human authority; or it is any violation of the plain principles of justice and rectitude.

There are also evils called civil, which affect injuriously the peace or prosperity of a city or state; and political evils, which injure a nation, in its public capacity.

All wickedness, all crimes, all violations of law and right are moral evils. Diseases are natural evils, but they often proceed from moral evils.

2. Misfortune; mischief; injury.

There shall no evil befall thee. Psalms 91:10.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself. Proverbs 22:3.

3. Depravity; corruption of heart, or disposition to commit wickedness; malignity.

The heart of the sons of men is full of evil Ecclesiastes 9:3.

4. Malady; as the king's evil or scrophula.

E'VIL, adverb [generally contracted to ill.]

1. Not well; not with justice or propriety; unsuitable.

Evil it beseems thee.

2. Not virtuously; not innocently.

3. Not happily; unfortunately.

It went evil with his house.

4. Injuriously; not kindly.

The Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us.

In composition, evil denoting something bad or wrong, is often contracted to ill.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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