κακῶς kakōs · G2560
badly
κακῶς; (κακός), ; adv., [in LXX: Wis.18:19, 4Ma.6:17.al.; κ. εἰπεῖν, ἐρεῖν (אָרַר, קָלַל pi.), Exo.22:28 (27), Lev.19:14, Isa.8:21; κ. ἔχειν (חָלָה, Eze.34:4, al. ; ] ; badly, ill; (a) in physical sense: κ. ἔχειν, to be ill, Mat.4:24 8:16 9:12 14:35 17:15, Mrk.1:32, 34 2:17 6:55 5:31 7:2; πάσχειν, Mat.17:15 (WH, mg.); δαιμονίζεσθαι, Mat.15:22; κακοὺς κ. ἀπολέσει (as frequently in cl., see LS, see word; MM, Exp., xv), evil that they are, he will evilly, etc., Mat.21:41; (b) in moral sense, wrongly (1Ma.7:42, 4Mac, l.with, al.): κ. λαλεῖν, Jhn.18:23; είπεῖν, with accusative of person(s), Act.23:5; αἰτεῖσθαι, Jas.4:8,†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
Included with: 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, …
Where it's used 16 times
Matthew 4:24 · Matthew 8:16 · Matthew 9:12 · Matthew 14:35 · Matthew 15:22 · Matthew 17:15 · Matthew 21:41 · Mark 1:32 · Mark 1:34 · Mark 2:17 · Mark 6:55 · Luke 5:31 · Luke 7:2 · John 18:23 · Acts 23:5 · James 4:3
Source: TBESG G2560; TFLSJ G2560
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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