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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 said to him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:48 - But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:23 - He asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:21 - For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:14 - Pilate asked them, "Why? What has he done wrong?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:25 - But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:22 - A third time he said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:23 - Jesus replied, "If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:30 - They replied, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:13 - But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul called out loudly, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:9 - There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:5 - However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:30 - slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:8 - And why not say, "Let us do evil so that good may come of it"? - as some who slander us allege that we say. (Their condemnation is deserved!)

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:19 - For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:21 - So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:17 - Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:21 - Do not 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 cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:19 - Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:6 - These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:5 - It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:33 - Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:7 - Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but so that you may do what is right even if we may appear to have failed the test.

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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 those who mutilate the flesh!

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:15 - See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what 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 the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:14 - Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:12 - A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14 - But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:13 - Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot 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 no human being can subdue 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 - Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11 - And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace 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 upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord's face is against those who do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:11 - Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - 'I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:2 - So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then ugly and painful sores appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
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