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evil

Meaning of “evil”

Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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613 occurrences569 verses60 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:9

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Numbers 13:32
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 13:32 · retained source text

And they brought vp an euill report of the land which they had searched, vnto the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we haue gone, to search it, is a land that eateth vp the inhabitants thereof, and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature.

1611 marginal noteHeb. men of statures.

Numbers 14:27
How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:27 · retained source text

How long shall I beare with this euil congregation which murmure against mee? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against mee.

Numbers 14:35
I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:35 · retained source text

I the LORD haue said, I will surely doe it vnto all this euill Congregation, that are gathered together against mee: in this wildernesse they shalbe consumed, & there they shall die.

Numbers 14:37
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:37 · retained source text

Euen those men that did bring vp the euill report vpon the land, died by the plague, before the LORD.

1611 marginal note1.Cor. 10.10. Hebr. 3.10. iud. 5.

Numbers 20:5
And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 20:5 · retained source text

And wherefore haue ye made vs to come vp out of Egypt, to bring vs in vnto this euil place? it is no place of seed, or of figges, or vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drinke.

Numbers 32:13
And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:13 · retained source text

And the LORDs anger was kindled against Israel, and hee made them wander in the wildernesse fourty yeeres, vntill all the generation that had done euill in the sight of the LORD was consumed.

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Where “evil” appears

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Genesis18 occurrences
18 verses
Exodus8 occurrences
8 verses
Leviticus2 occurrences
2 verses
Numbers6 occurrences
6 verses
Deuteronomy24 occurrences
23 verses
Joshua2 occurrences
2 verses
Judges14 occurrences
13 verses
1 Samuel24 occurrences
23 verses
2 Samuel9 occurrences
9 verses
1 Kings22 occurrences
21 verses
2 Kings27 occurrences
27 verses
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
5 verses
2 Chronicles17 occurrences
17 verses
Ezra1 occurrence
1 verse
Nehemiah6 occurrences
6 verses
Esther2 occurrences
2 verses
Job13 occurrences
13 verses
Psalms40 occurrences
39 verses
Proverbs50 occurrences
48 verses
Ecclesiastes22 occurrences
19 verses
Isaiah21 occurrences
19 verses
Jeremiah99 occurrences
86 verses
Lamentations1 occurrence
1 verse
Ezekiel11 occurrences
10 verses
Daniel3 occurrences
3 verses
Joel1 occurrence
1 verse
Amos7 occurrences
7 verses
Jonah6 occurrences
5 verses
Micah7 occurrences
6 verses
Nahum1 occurrence
1 verse
Habakkuk3 occurrences
2 verses
Zephaniah2 occurrences
2 verses
Zechariah4 occurrences
3 verses
Malachi3 occurrences
2 verses
Matthew20 occurrences
18 verses
Mark6 occurrences
6 verses
Luke14 occurrences
12 verses
John7 occurrences
6 verses
Acts12 occurrences
12 verses
Romans17 occurrences
14 verses
1 Corinthians4 occurrences
4 verses
2 Corinthians2 occurrences
2 verses
Galatians1 occurrence
1 verse
Ephesians3 occurrences
3 verses
Philippians1 occurrence
1 verse
Colossians1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Thessalonians3 occurrences
2 verses
2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses
2 Timothy4 occurrences
4 verses
Titus3 occurrences
3 verses
Hebrews3 occurrences
3 verses
James8 occurrences
6 verses
1 Peter10 occurrences
9 verses
2 Peter3 occurrences
3 verses
1 John1 occurrence
1 verse
2 John1 occurrence
1 verse
3 John2 occurrences
1 verse
Jude2 occurrences
2 verses
Revelation1 occurrence
1 verse

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