מֵרַע (mēraʿ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be evil. It appears
1 time
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4827).
Also rendered
mischief
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2191)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2191)be evil, bad; be displeasing, be sad, be injurious, wicked; suffer hurt; do an injury, hurt, do evil, wickedly; wickedness, spoil, make, be, good for nothing; do mischief, afflict, associate selves, break, displease…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רָעַעverb, denominative: be evil, bad
Qal
1.be displeasing
2.be sad
3.be injurious, evil
4.be evil, wicked, ethically
Niphalsuffer hurt
Hiphil
1.do an injury, hurt
2.do evil, wickedly
Strong's H4827מֵרַע: used as (abstract) noun, wickedness KJV:do mischief.
Strong's H7489רָעַע: properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally) KJV:afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.