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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 51 times in 46 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:41 - They say to him, 'Evil men -- he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:48 - 'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:23 - And the governor said, 'Why, what evil did he?' and they were crying out the more, saying, 'Let be crucified.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:21 - for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:14 - And Pilate said to them, 'Why -- what evil did he?' and they cried out the more vehemently, 'Crucify him;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:25 - 'And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:22 - And he a third time said unto them, 'Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:23 - Jesus answered him, 'If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:13 - And Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:9 - And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part having arisen, were striving, saying, 'No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:5 - he then, indeed, having shaken off the beast into the fire, suffered no evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:30 - evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:8 - and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- 'We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:19 - for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:21 - I find, then, the law, that when I desire to do what is right, with me the evil is present,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:11 - (for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:17 - giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:21 - Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:3 - For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - the love to the neighbor doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:19 - for your obedience did reach to all; I rejoice, therefore, as regards you, and I wish you to be wise, indeed, as to the good, and harmless as to the evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:6 - and those things became types of us, for our not passionately desiring evil things, as also these did desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:5 - doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:33 - Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things done through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:7 - and I pray before God that ye do no evil, not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is right, and we may be as disapproved;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:5 - Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:15 - see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:10 - for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:12 - A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said -- 'Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14 - and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:13 - Let no one say, being tempted -- 'From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:8 - and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:9 - not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - for 'he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips -- not to speak guile;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:11 - let him turn aside from evil, and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:12 - because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and His ears -- to their supplication, and the face of the Lord is upon those doing evil;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:11 - Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:2 - and the first did go away, and did pour out his vial upon the land, and there came a sore -- bad and grievous -- to men, those having the mark of the beast, and those bowing to his image.
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