κακός kakos · G2556G

evil/harm: evil

κακός, -ή, -όν ; [in LXX chiefly for רַע ; ] ; 1. in general, opposite to ἀγαθός, καλός, in various senses, bad, mean, base, worthless (cl.). ; 2. In ethical sense, base, evil, wicked: of persons, Mat.21:41 24:48, Php.3:2, Rev.2:2; διαλογισμοί, Mrk.7:21; ὁμιλίαι, 1Co.15:33; ἐπιθυμία (Pro.12:12), Col.3:5; ἔργον, Rom.13:3; neut., κακόν, τὸ κ., evil: Jhn.18:23, Act.23:9, Rom.7:21 14:20 16:19, 1Co.13:5, Heb.5:14, 1Pe.3:10-11, 3Jn.11; pl., Rom.1:30, 1Co.10:6, 1Ti.6:10, Jas.1:13; κ. (τὸ, τὰ κ.) ποιεῖν (πράσσειν), Mat.27:23, Mrk.15:14, Luk.23:22, Jhn.18:30, Rom.3:8 7:19 13:4, 2Co.13:7, 1Pe.3:12; κατεργάζεσθαι, Rom.2:9; of wrongs inflicted, Act.9:13, Rom.12:17, 21 13:10, 1Th.5:15, 2Ti.4:14, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κᾰκός, ή, όν, ; A bad: ; A.I of persons, ; A.I.1 of appearance, ugly, εἶδος μὲν ἔην κακός []; A.I.2 of birth, ill-born, mean, γένος ἐστὲ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων.., ἐπεὶ οὔ κε κακοὶ τοιούσδε τέκοιεν []; A.I.3 of courage, craven, base, []; Ἕκτωρ σε κ. καὶ ἀνάλκιδα φήσει []; οὐδαμῶν κακίονες[]; A.I.4 bad of his kind, i. e. worthless, sorry, unskilled, ἡνίοχοι []; [τοξότης] ἢ κ. ἢ ἀγαθός[]; κ. ἀλήτης a bad beggar,[]; κυβερνήτης, ναύτης, [] I am not bad in all things, []: with infinitive, κ. μανθάνειν …

Where it's used 44 times

Matthew 21:41 · Matthew 24:48 · Matthew 27:23 · Mark 7:21 · Mark 15:14 · Luke 23:22 · John 18:23 · John 18:30 · Acts 9:13 · Acts 23:9 · Romans 1:30 · Romans 2:9 · Romans 3:8 · Romans 7:19 · Romans 7:21 · Romans 12:17 · Romans 12:21 · Romans 13:3 · Romans 13:4 · Romans 13:10 · Romans 14:20 · Romans 16:19 · 1 Corinthians 10:6 · 1 Corinthians 15:33 · 2 Corinthians 13:7 · Philippians 3:2 · Colossians 3:5 · 1 Thessalonians 5:15 · 1 Timothy 6:10 · Titus 1:12 · Hebrews 5:14 · James 1:13 · James 3:8 · 1 Peter 3:9 · 1 Peter 3:10 · 1 Peter 3:11 · 1 Peter 3:12 · 3 John 1:11 · Revelation 2:2 … and 5 more

Source: TBESG G2556G; TFLSJ G2556G

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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