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Lexicon :: Strong's G2559 - kakoō

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κακόω
Transliteration
kakoō (Key)
Pronunciation
kak-o'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:484,391

Strong’s Definitions

κακόω kakóō, kak-o'-o; from G2556; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate:—make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2559 in the following manner: entreat evil (2x), make evil affected (1x), vex (1x), hurt (1x), harm (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2559 in the following manner: entreat evil (2x), make evil affected (1x), vex (1x), hurt (1x), harm (1x).

  1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat

  2. to embitter, render evil affected

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κακόω kakóō, kak-o'-o; from G2556; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate:—make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex.
STRONGS G2559:
κακόω, κακῷ: future κακώσω; 1 aorist ἐκάκωσα; (κακός);
1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat: τινα, Acts 7:6, 19; Acts 12:1; Acts 18:10; 1 Peter 3:13 (Exodus 5:22; Exodus 23:9 Alex.; in Greek writings from Homer down).
2. by a usage foreign to the classics, to embitter (Vulg.ad iracundiam concito); render evil affected (Psalm 105:32 (Ps. 106:32); Josephus, Antiquities 16, 1, 2; 7, 3; 8, 6): τήν ψυχήν τίνος κατά τίνος, against one, Acts 14:2.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
5:22; 23:9
Psalms
105:32; 106:32
Acts
7:6; 7:19; 12:1; 14:2; 18:10
1 Peter
3:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2559 matches the Greek κακόω (kakoō),
which occurs 53 times in 51 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 15:13–Zep 1:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - And it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - And Abram said to Sara, Behold thy handmaid is in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - And they said to him, Stand back there, thou camest in to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm thee more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew nigh to break the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - And he set over them task-masters, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharao, both Pitho, and Ramesses, and On, which is Heliopolis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - And Moses turned to the Lord, and said, I pray, Lord, why hast thou afflicted this people? and wherefore hast thou sent me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - For from the time that I went to Pharao to speak in thy name, he has afflicted this people, and thou hast not delivered thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 - (LXX 22:20) And ye shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - (LXX 22:21) Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - (LXX 22:22) And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - And Moses was exceedingly indignant, and said to the Lord, Do thou take no heed to their sacrifice: I have not taken away [fn]the desire of any one of them, neither have I hurt any one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:15 - And how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the [fn]Hebrews, and they shall perish together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:7 - And on the tenth of this month there shall be to you a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls, and ye shall do no work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13 - (LXX 30:14) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thine heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - And he afflicted thee and straitened thee with hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might teach thee that [fn] man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - And the Egyptians afflicted us, and humbled us, and imposed hard tasks on us:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:5 - And I smote Egypt with the wonders that I wrought among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - Whensoever ye shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, [fn]because he has done you good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - And because the Lord raised them up judges, so the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord [fn]was moved at their groaning by reason of them that besieged them and afflicted them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call ye me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me, and the Mighty One has afflicted me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Depart thou quickly to Anathoth to thy farm, for thou art [fn]worthy of death this day; but I will not slay thee, because thou hast borne the ark of the covenant of the Lord before my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all things wherein my father was afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, thou hast wrought evil for her in slaying her son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - But thou hast sent widows away empty, and hast afflicted orphans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:24 - For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:11 - For he has opened his quiver and afflicted me: they also have cast off the restraint of my presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30 - let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a by-word among my people in my affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - (LXX 26:2) When evil-doers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:8 - (LXX 37:9) I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 - (LXX 43:3) Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:22 - (LXX 88:23) The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5 - (LXX 93:5) They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt thine heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32 - (LXX 105:32) They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 - (LXX 106:39) Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - For many times he shall trespass against thee, and repeatedly shall he afflict thine heart; for thus also hast thou cursed others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:23 - tell us, declare ye to us the things that are coming on at the last time, and we shall know that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:9 - Behold, the Lord, the Lord, will help me; who will hurt me? behold, all ye shall wax old as a garment, and a moth shall devour you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - And he, because of his affliction, opens not his mouth: [fn] he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - Go ye not after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them, that ye provoke me not by the works of your hands, to do you hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:29 - (LXX 32:29) For I am beginning to afflict the city whereon my name is called, and ye shall by no means be held guiltless: for I am calling a sword upon all that dwell upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - (LXX 38:28) And it shall come to pass, that as I watched over them, to pull down, and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - (LXX 51:27) For I have watched over them, to hurt them, and not to do them good: and all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt shall perish by sword and by famine, until they are utterly consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - Say to the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him, in the day wherein he errs: and the iniquity of the ungodly shall not harm him, in the day wherein he turns from his iniquity, but the righteous erring shall not be able to deliver himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:12 - And he said to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to afflict thyself before the Lord thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come because of thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of vengeance are come, the days of thy recompense are come; and Israel shall be afflicted as the prophet that is mad, as a man deranged: by reason of the multitude of thine iniquities thy madness has abounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil.

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