Definition

wicked

Etymology

(Aramaic) from H888 (בְּאֵשׁ);

Word family

• בְּאֵשׁ bᵉʼêsh

How the KJV renders it

• bad

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.