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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 50 times in 45 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:41 - They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:48 - But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:23 - But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:21 - For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:14 - Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, "Crucify him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:25 - "But Avraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and El'azar, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:22 - He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:23 - Yeshua answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:30 - They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:13 - But Hananyah answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your holy ones at Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Sha'ul cried with a loud voice, saying, "Don't harm yourself, for we are all here!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:9 - A great clamor arose, and some of the Sofrim of the Perushim part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:5 - However he shook off the creature into the fire, and wasn't harmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:30 - backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, on the Yehudi first, and also on the Yevanit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:8 - Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:19 - For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:21 - I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:17 - Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:21 - Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:3 - For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:19 - For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:6 - Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:5 - doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:33 - Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:7 - Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Put to death therefore your members which are on the eretz: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:15 - See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:10 - For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:14 - Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:12 - One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14 - But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:13 - Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:8 - But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:9 - not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For, "He who would love life, And see good days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11 - Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek shalom, and pursue it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 - For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And his ears open to their prayer; But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:11 - Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - "I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:2 - The first went, and poured out his bowl into the eretz, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
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