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)

Root family 2191: רָעַע rāʿaʿ — I, be bad, evil. Denominative verb

• רַע ra — evil
• מֵרַע mēraʿ — be evil

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