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Lexicon :: Strong's G2557 - kakourgos

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κακοῦργος
Transliteration
kakourgos (Key)
Pronunciation
kak-oor'-gos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:484,391

Strong’s Definitions

κακοῦργος kakoûrgos, kak-oor'-gos; from G2556 and the base of G2041; a wrong-doer, i.e. criminal:—evil-doer, malefactor.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2557 in the following manner: malefactor (3x), evil doer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2557 in the following manner: malefactor (3x), evil doer (1x).
  1. a malefactor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κακοῦργος kakoûrgos, kak-oor'-gos; from G2556 and the base of G2041; a wrong-doer, i.e. criminal:—evil-doer, malefactor.
STRONGS G2557:
κακοῦργος, κακουργον (contracted from κακοεργος, from κακόν and ἘΡΓΩ; cf. πανοῦργος, and on the accent of both see Göttling, Lehre v. Accent, p. 321; (Chandler § 445)), as a substantive, a malefactor: 2 Timothy 2:9; of a robber, Luke 23:32f (cf. Winers Grammar, 530 (493); Buttmann, § 150, 3), 39. (Proverbs 21:15; in Greek writings from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
21:15
Luke
23:32
2 Timothy
2:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2557 matches the Greek κακοῦργος (kakourgos),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:32 - Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:33 - And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:39 - One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him,[fn] saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:9 - for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
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