רֹעַ (rōaʿ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning badness. It appears
19 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7455).
Also rendered
evil
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2191b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2191b)badness, evil; bad quality; wilfulness; sadness; marring; naughtiness, sorrow, wickedness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רֹעַnoun, masculine: badness, evil
1.badness, bad quality, of cattle
2.wilfulness
3.ethical, evil, badness
4.sadness
Strong's H7455רֹעַ: badness (as marring), physically or morally KJV:× be so bad, badness, (× be so) evil, naughtiness, sadness, sorrow, wickedness.
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.
Root family 2191: מֵרַעmēraʿ — 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…