What does אִישׁ · רַע · עַיִן mean in the Bible?
אִישׁ · רַע · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a man of evil eye, stingy person, greedy person, envious person".
Hebrew · H376, H7451, H5869
אִישׁ רַע עָיִן
A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) · bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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אִישׁ H376 a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Pronunciation ish
Individual male person functioning as a foundational unit of social identity, kinship, and covenantal responsibility in Hebrew thought
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רַע H7451 bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Pronunciation ra
Encompasses both moral wickedness and physical affliction; God's judgment often conflates ethical and natural evil.
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
What does אִישׁ רַע עָיִן (ish ra ayin) mean in the Bible?
אִישׁ · רַע · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a man of evil eye, stingy person, greedy person, envious person".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H376, H7451, H5869?
H376, H7451, H5869 is connected to 3,750 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a man of evil eye, stingy person, greedy person, envious person
Strong's H376, H7451, H5869
Lexical occurrences 3,750 verses Source Gloss
a man of evil eye, stingy person, greedy person, envious person
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אִישׁ רַע עָיִן is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain