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Worse

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.

26exact KJV occurrences 12Old Testament 14New Testament 16books containing the word 7mapped Strong's IDs 23occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 19:9

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

2 Peter 2:20

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where worse 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.

GreekG5501
χείρων

cheírōn · khi'-rone

9 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences

from an obsolete equivalent χέρης (of uncertain derivation); more evil or aggravated (physically, mentally or morally)

Strong's KJV usage: :--sorer, worse.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 9:16Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:20

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HebrewH7489
רָעַע

râʻaʻ · raw-ah'

5 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 19:9Strong's last: Jeremiah 16:12

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GreekG5302
ὑστερέω

hysteréō · hoos-ter-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences

to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient)

Strong's KJV usage: :--come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack, suffer need, (be in) want, be the worse.

Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 8:8Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 8:8

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HebrewH7451
רַע

raʻ · rah

1 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: 2 Chronicles 33:9Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 33:9

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Genesis 19:9
H7489

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

2 Samuel 19:7
H7489

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

1 Kings 16:25
H7489

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

2 Kings 14:12
H5062

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

1 Chronicles 19:16
H5062

And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

1 Chronicles 19:19
H5062

And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

2 Chronicles 6:24
H5062

And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

2 Chronicles 25:22
H5062

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

2 Chronicles 33:9
H7451

So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

Jeremiah 7:26
H7489

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

Jeremiah 16:12
H7489

And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

Daniel 1:10
no direct Strong's tag

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.

Matthew 9:16
G5501

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Matthew 12:45
G5501

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Matthew 27:64
no direct Strong's tag

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Mark 2:21
G5501

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

Mark 5:26
G5501

And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

Luke 11:26
G5501

Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

John 2:10
G1640

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

John 5:14
G5501

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

1 Corinthians 8:8
G5302

But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

1 Corinthians 11:17
G2276

Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

1 Timothy 5:8
G5501

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

2 Timothy 3:13
no direct Strong's tag

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

2 Timothy 3:13
G5501

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

worse

WORSE, adjective [This adjective has the signification of the comparative degree, and as bad has no comparative and superlative, worse and worst are used in lieu of them, although radically they have no relation to bad.]

1. More evil; more bad or ill; more depraved and corrupt; in a moral sense.

Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse 2 Timothy 3:13.

There are men who seem to believe they are not bad, while another can be found worse

2. In a physical sense, in regard to health, more sick.

She was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse Mark 5:26.

3. More bad; less perfect or good. This carriage is worse for wear.

The worse

1. The loss; the disadvantage.

Judah was put to the worse before Israel. 2 Kings 14:12.

2. Something less good. Think not the worse of him for his enterprise.

WORSE, adverb In a manner more evil or bad.

We will deal worse with thee than with them. Genesis 19:9.

WORSE, to put to disadvantage, is not in use. [See Worst.]

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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