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Lexicon :: Strong's G2555 - kakopoios

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κακοποιός
Transliteration
kakopoios (Key)
Pronunciation
kak-op-oy-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:485,391

Strong’s Definitions

κακοποιός kakopoiós, kak-op-oy-os'; from G2556 and G4160; a bad-doer; (specially), a criminal:—evil-doer, malefactor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2555 in the following manner: evildoer (4x), malefactor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2555 in the following manner: evildoer (4x), malefactor (1x).

  1. an evil doer, malefactor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κακοποιός kakopoiós, kak-op-oy-os'; from G2556 and G4160; a bad-doer; (specially), a criminal:—evil-doer, malefactor.
STRONGS G2555:
κακοποιός, κακοποιον (κακόν and ποιέω), doing evil; a substantive, an evil-doer, malefactor: John 18:30 (but L marginal reading T Tr WH κακόν ποιῶν); 1 Peter 2:12, 14; 1 Peter 3:16 (T Tr marginal reading WH omit the clause); 1 Peter 4:15. (Proverbs 12:4; Pindar, Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
12:4
John
18:30
1 Peter
2:12; 2:14; 3:16; 4:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2555 matches the Greek κακοποιός (kakopoios),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:12 - Keep your behavior excellent among the [unsaved] Gentiles [conduct yourself honorably, with graciousness and integrity], so that [fn]for whatever reason they may slander you as evildoers, yet by observing your good deeds they may [instead come to] glorify God [fn]in the day of visitation [when He looks upon them with mercy].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:14 - or to governors as sent by him to bring punishment to those who do wrong, and to praise and encourage those who do right.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:15 - Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or a thief, or any sort of criminal [in response to persecution], or as a troublesome meddler interfering in the affairs of others;
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