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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Wicked

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.

344exact KJV occurrences 320Old Testament 24New Testament 34books containing the word 17mapped Strong's IDs 323occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 13:13

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 John 5:18

We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where wicked appears.

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

Genesis 54 verses Exodus 33 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 11 verses Deuteronomy 55 verses 1 Samuel 33 verses 2 Samuel 22 verses 1 Kings 11 verses 2 Kings 11 verses 2 Chronicles 33 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Esther 22 verses Job 3737 verses Psalms 9086 verses Proverbs 8987 verses Ecclesiastes 87 verses Isaiah 1212 verses Jeremiah 1010 verses Ezekiel 3324 verses Daniel 21 verses Micah 22 verses Nahum 33 verses Habakkuk 33 verses Zephaniah 11 verses Malachi 22 verses Matthew 98 verses Luke 22 verses Acts 22 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses Ephesians 11 verses Colossians 11 verses 2 Thessalonians 22 verses 2 Peter 22 verses 1 John 44 verses
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

25 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.).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 13:13Strong's last: Ezekiel 30:12

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GreekG4190
πονηρός

ponērós · pon-ay-ros'

13 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).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 12:45Strong's last: 2 Thessalonians 3:2

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HebrewH205
אָוֶן

ʼâven · aw-ven'

6 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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 22:15Strong's last: Proverbs 6:18

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HebrewH7489
רָעַע

râʻaʻ · raw-ah'

4 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.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Psalms 22:16Strong's last: Psalms 92:11

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GreekG113
ἄθεσμος

áthesmos · ath'-es-mos

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

lawless, i.e. (by implication) criminal

Strong's KJV usage: :--wicked.

Strong's first: 2 Peter 2:7Strong's last: 2 Peter 3:17

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Proverbs 21:29
H7563

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

Proverbs 24:15
H7563

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Proverbs 24:16
H7563

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 24:19
H7563

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

Proverbs 24:20
H7563

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

Proverbs 24:24
H7563

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Proverbs 25:5
H7563

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:26
H7563

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Proverbs 26:23
H7451

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Proverbs 28:1
H7563

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Proverbs 28:4
H7563

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Proverbs 28:12
H7563

When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Proverbs 28:15
H7563

As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Proverbs 28:28
H7563

When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Proverbs 29:2
H7563

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Proverbs 29:7
H7563

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

Proverbs 29:16
H7563

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

Proverbs 29:27
H7563

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 3:17
H7563

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Ecclesiastes 7:15
H7563

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:17
H7561

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Ecclesiastes 8:10
H7563

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 8:13
H7563

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Ecclesiastes 8:14
H7563

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

wicked

WICKED, adjective [The primary sense is to wind and turn, or to depart, to fall away.]

1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from the divine law; addicted to vice; sinful; immoral. This is a word of comprehensive signification, extending to every thing that is contrary to the moral law, and both to persons and actions. We say, a wicked man, a wicked deed, wicked ways, wicked lives, a wicked heart, wicked designs, wicked works.

No man was ever wicked without secret discontent.

2. A word of slight blame; as the wicked urchin.

3. Cursed; baneful; pernicious; as wicked words, words pernicious in their efforts.

[This last signification may throw some light on the word witch.]

The wicked in Scripture, persons who live in sin; transgressors of the divine law; all who are unreconciled to God, unsanctified or impenitent.

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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