κακοῦργος kakourgos · G2557
criminal
κακοῦργος, -ον; (contr. from epic κακόεργος), [in LXX. Pro.21:15 (אָוֶן, פָּעַל), Est.8:13, Sir.11:33 33:26 (Sir.33:26)* ; ] ; a malefactor, criminal: Luk.23:32-33, 39, 2Ti.2:9.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
κᾰκουργ-ος, ; Epic dialect κακοεργός (also late Prose, []; δαιμόνια κακοεργά [], ον, (ἔργον) doing ill, mischievous, knavish, once in [] importunate, []. adverb -γως[]; 2 as substantive, malefactor, criminal in the eye of the law, []; at Athens, technically, thief, robber, ὁ τῶν κακούργων νόμος []; II with genitive, doing harm to, κ. μὲν τῶν ἄλλων, ἑαυτοῦ δὲ πολὺ -ότερος, []: absolutely, harmful, κ. ἐπιθυμίαι[]
Where it's used 4 times
Luke 23:32 · Luke 23:33 · Luke 23:39 · 2 Timothy 2:9
Source: TBESG G2557; TFLSJ G2557
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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