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Lexicon :: Strong's G2556 - kakos

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κακός
Transliteration
kakos (Key)
Pronunciation
kak-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:469,391

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxiv. κακός, πονηρός, φαῦλος.

Strong’s Definitions

κακός kakós, kak-os'; apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious:—bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's G2556 in the following manner: evil (40x), evil things (3x), harm (2x), that which is evil (with G3458) (2x), wicked (1x), ill (1x), bad (1x), noisome (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's G2556 in the following manner: evil (40x), evil things (3x), harm (2x), that which is evil (with G3458) (2x), wicked (1x), ill (1x), bad (1x), noisome (1x).

  1. of a bad nature

    1. not such as it ought to be

  2. of a mode of thinking, feeling, acting

    1. base, wrong, wicked

  3. troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive, baneful

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κακός kakós, kak-os'; apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious:—bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
STRONGS G2556:
κακός, κακῇ, κακόν, the Sept. for רָע (from Homer down), bad (A. V. (almost uniformly) evil);
1. universally, of a bad nature; not such as it ought to be.
2. (morally, i. e.) of a mode of thinking, feeling, acting; base, wrong, wicked: of persons, Matthew 21:41 (cf. Winers Grammar, 637 (592); also Buttmann, 143 (126)); Matthew 24:48; Philippians 3:2; Revelation 2:2. διαλογισμοί;, Mark 7:21; ὁμιλίαι, 1 Corinthians 15:33; ἐπιθυμία, Colossians 3:5 (Proverbs 12:12); ἔργα (better ἔργον), Romans 13:3. neuter κακόν, τό κακόν, evil i. e. what is contrary to law, either divine or human, wrong, crime: (John 18:23); Acts 23:9; Romans 7:21; Romans 14:20; Romans 16:19; 1 Corinthians 13:5; Hebrews 5:14; 1 Peter 3:10; 3 John 1:11; plural (evil things): Romans 1:30; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 1 Timothy 6:10 (πάντα τά κακά all kinds of evil); James 1:13 (Winers Grammar, § 30, 4; Buttmann, § 132, 24); κακόν ποιεῖν, to do, commit evil: Matthew 27:23; Mark 15:14; Luke 23:22; 2 Corinthians 13:7; 1 Peter 3:12; τό κακόν, Romans 13:4; τά κακά, Romans 3:8; κακόν, τό κακόν πράσσειν, Romans 7:19; Romans 9:11. (Rec.); Romans 13:4; (2 Corinthians 5:10 R G L Tr marginal reading); τό κακόν κατεργάζεσθαι, Romans 2:9. specifically of wrongs inflicted: Romans 12:21; κακόν ἐργάζομαι τίνι (to work ill to one), Romans 13:10; ἐνδείκνυμι, 2 Timothy 4:14; ποιῶ, Acts 9:13; ἀποδίδωμι κακόν ἀντί κακοῦ, Romans 12:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 1 Peter 3:9.
3. troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive, baneful: neuter κακόν, an evil, that which injures, James 3:8 (Winers Grammar, § 59, 8 b.; Buttmann, 79 (69)); with the suggestion of wildness and ferocity, θηρία, Titus 1:12; substantially equivalent to bad, i. e. distressing, whether to mind or to body: ἕλκος κακόν καί πονηρόν (A. V. a noisome and grievous sore), Revelation 16:2; κακόν πράσσω ἐμαυτῷ, Latinvim mihi infero, to do harm to oneself, Acts 16:28; κακόν τί πάσχω, to suffer some harm, Acts 28:5; τά κακά, evil things, the discomforts which plague one, Luke 16:25 (opposed to τά ἀγαθά, the good things, from which pleasure is derived). (Synonym: cf. κακία.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
12:12
Matthew
21:41; 24:48; 27:23
Mark
7:21; 15:14
Luke
16:25; 23:22
John
18:23
Acts
9:13; 16:28; 23:9; 28:5
Romans
1:30; 2:9; 3:8; 7:19; 7:21; 9:11; 12:17; 12:21; 13:3; 13:4; 13:4; 13:10; 14:20; 16:19
1 Corinthians
10:6; 13:5; 15:33
2 Corinthians
5:10; 13:7
Philippians
3:2
Colossians
3:5
1 Thessalonians
5:15
1 Timothy
6:10
2 Timothy
4:14
Titus
1:12
Hebrews
5:14
James
1:13; 3:8
1 Peter
3:9; 3:10; 3:12
3 John
1:11
Revelation
2:2; 16:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2556 matches the Greek κακός (kakos),
which occurs 62 times in 56 verses in 'Jer' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Jer 1:14–Jer 44:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14 - Then the LORD said to me, “Out of the north the evil [fn]will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - “Israel was holy to the LORD,
The first of His harvest.
All who ate of it became guilty;
Evil came upon them,” declares the LORD.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to Me,
And not their face;
But in the time of their [fn]trouble they will say,
‘Arise and save us.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - “Lift up a standard toward Zion!
Seek refuge, do not stand still,
For I am bringing evil from the north,
And great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - They have lied about the LORD
And said, “[fn]Not He;
Misfortune will not come on us,
And we will not see sword or famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - “Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a signal over [fn]Beth-haccerem;
For evil looks down from the north,
And a great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:19 - “Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people,
The fruit of their [fn]plans,
Because they have not listened to My words,
And as for My law, they have rejected it also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress the alien, the [fn]orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:24 - “Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and [fn]went backward and not forward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:3 - “They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:14 - but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:11 - Therefore thus says the LORD, “Behold I am bringing disaster on them which they will not be able to escape; though they will cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12 - “Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - The LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have [fn]done to provoke Me by [fn]offering up sacrifices to Baal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:23 - and a remnant will not be left to them, for I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth—the year of their punishment.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:23 - “Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Or the leopard his spots?
Then you also can do good
Who are accustomed to doing evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:8 - “O Hope of Israel,
Its Savior in time of distress,
Why are You like a stranger in the land
Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - “The people also to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them—neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour out their own wickedness on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:11 - The LORD said, “Surely I will set you free for purposes of good;
Surely I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you
In a time of disaster and a time of distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:10 - “Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘For what reason has the LORD declared all this great calamity against us? And what is our iniquity, or what is our sin which we have committed against the LORD our God?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength and my stronghold,
And my refuge in the day of distress,
To You the nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood,
Futility and [fn]things of no profit.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:8 - if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will [fn]relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - “So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and [fn]reform your ways and your deeds.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Should good be repaid with evil?
For they have dug a pit for [fn]me.
Remember how I stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
So as to turn away Your wrath from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - and say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold I am about to bring a calamity upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and all its towns the entire calamity that I have declared against it, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10 - “For I have set My face against this city for [fn]harm and not for good,” declares the LORD. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12 - “Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them,
They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it;
For I will bring calamity upon them,
The year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:17 - “They keep saying to those who despise Me,
‘The LORD has said, “You will have peace”’;
And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart,
They say, ‘Calamity will not come upon you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:32 - Thus says the LORD of hosts,
“Behold, evil is going forth
From nation to nation,
And a great storm is being stirred up
From the remotest parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - ‘Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may repent of the calamity which I am planning to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - “Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will [fn]change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19 - “Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD [fn]changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are committing a great evil against ourselves.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11 - ‘For I know the plans that I [fn]have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:23 - ‘They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law; they have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have made all this calamity come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:42 - “For thus says the LORD, ‘Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to bring on them all the good that I am promising them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:17 - “Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am bringing on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them; because I spoke to them but they did not listen, and I have called them but they did not answer.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - “Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the calamity which I plan to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:31 - “I will also punish him and his [fn]descendants and his servants for their iniquity, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the calamity that I have declared to them—but they did not listen.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16 - “Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to bring My words on this city for disaster and not for [fn]prosperity; and they will take place before you on that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:2 - Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God promised this calamity against this place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:11 - But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6 - “Whether it is [fn]pleasant or [fn]unpleasant, we will listen to the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we listen to the voice of the LORD our God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10 - ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I [fn]will relent concerning the calamity that I have inflicted on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:17 - “So all the men who set their [fn]mind to go to Egypt to reside there will die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence; and they will have no survivors or refugees from the calamity that I am going to bring on them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:2 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in ruins and no one lives in them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:5 - ‘But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn [fn]sacrifices to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - ‘Now then thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, “Why are you doing great harm to yourselves, so as to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:9 - “Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - “But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, [fn]by burning [fn]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of [fn]food and were well off and saw no [fn]misfortune.

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