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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 287 times in 264 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 6 (Job 2:3–Pro 2:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 - Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:26 - For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:26 - When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:6 - He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 - He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:11 - For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:14 - Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:16 - The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:4 - Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 - Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:27 - Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:7 - All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:5 - He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:5 - Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:2 - Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 - For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:15 - Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10 - There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:26 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 - Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:5 - And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:7 - The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:28 - Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33 - But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:12 - To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:14 - Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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