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, 1Pe.3:9. 3. pernicious, harmful, evil: Luk.16:25, Act.16:28 28:5, Tit.1:12, Jas.3:8, Rev.16:2 (Cremer, 325, 741). † SYN.: see: (ἄθεσμος) (AS)
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G2556 — κακός
kakos · evil/harm: evil · Greek
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Matthew 21:41 · κακοὺςThey say to him, ‘Evil men—he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.’Matthew 24:48 · κακὸς‘And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,Matthew 27:23 · κακὸνAnd the governor said, ‘Why, what evil did he?’ and they were crying out the more, saying, ‘Let be crucified.’Mark 7:21 · κακοὶfor from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,Mark 15:14 · κακόν;And Pilate said to them, ‘Why—what evil did he?’ and they cried out the more vehemently, ‘Crucify him;’Luke 16:25 · κακά.‘And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive—thou—thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;Luke 23:22 · κακὸνAnd he a third time said unto them, ‘Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release him.’John 18:23 · κακοῦ·Jesus answered him, ‘If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?’John 18:30 · κακὸνthey answered and said to him, ‘If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.’Acts 9:13 · κακὰAnd Ananias answered, ‘Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,Acts 16:28 · κακόν·and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.’Acts 23:9 · κακὸνAnd there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees’ part having arisen, were striving, saying, ‘No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;’Acts 28:5 · κακόν.he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,Romans 1:30 · κακῶν,evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,Romans 2:9 · κακόν,tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;Romans 3:8 · κακὰand not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say—‘We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?’ whose judgment is righteous.Romans 7:19 · κακὸνfor the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.Romans 7:21 · κακὸνI find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,Romans 12:17 · κακὸν · κακοῦgiving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.Romans 12:21 · κακοῦ · κακόν.¶Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.Romans 13:3 · κακῷ.For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,Romans 13:4 · κακὸν · κακὸνfor of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.Romans 13:10 · κακὸνthe love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law.Romans 14:20 · κακὸνfor the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.Romans 16:19 · κακόν.for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;1 Corinthians 10:6 · κακῶνand those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.1 Corinthians 13:5 · κακόν,doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,1 Corinthians 15:33 · κακαί.Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;2 Corinthians 13:7 · κακὸνand I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;Philippians 3:2 · κακοὺςlook to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;Colossians 3:5 · κακὴνPut to death, then, your members that are upon the earth—whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry—1 Thessalonians 5:15 · κακὸν · κακοῦsee no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;1 Timothy 6:10 · κακῶνfor a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;2 Timothy 4:14 · κακὰAlexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,Titus 1:12 · κακὰA certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said—‘Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!’Hebrews 5:14 · κακοῦ.¶and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.James 1:13 · κακῶν,Let no one say, being tempted—‘From God I am tempted,’ for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,James 3:8 · κακόν,and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,1 Peter 3:9 · κακὸν · κακοῦnot giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;1 Peter 3:10 · κακοῦfor ‘he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips—not to speak guile;1 Peter 3:11 · κακοῦlet him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;1 Peter 3:12 · κακά.¶because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears—to their supplication, and the face of the Lord is upon those doing evil;’3 John 1:11 · κακὸνBeloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;Revelation 2:2 · κακοὺςI have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,Revelation 16:2 · κακὸνand the first did go away, and did pour out his vial upon the land, and there came a sore—bad and grievous—to men, those having the mark of the beast, and those bowing to his image.