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Lexicon :: Strong's G2559 - kakoō

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κακόω
Transliteration
kakoō (Key)
Pronunciation
kak-o'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:484,391

Strong’s Definitions

κακόω kakóō, kak-o'-o; from G2556; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate:—make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2559 in the following manner: entreat evil (2x), make evil affected (1x), vex (1x), hurt (1x), harm (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2559 in the following manner: entreat evil (2x), make evil affected (1x), vex (1x), hurt (1x), harm (1x).
  1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat

  2. to embitter, render evil affected

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κακόω kakóō, kak-o'-o; from G2556; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate:—make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex.
STRONGS G2559:
κακόω, κακῷ: future κακώσω; 1 aorist ἐκάκωσα; (κακός);
1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat: τινα, Acts 7:6, 19; Acts 12:1; Acts 18:10; 1 Peter 3:13 (Exodus 5:22; Exodus 23:9 Alex.; in Greek writings from Homer down).
2. by a usage foreign to the classics, to embitter (Vulg.ad iracundiam concito); render evil affected (Psalm 105:32 (Ps. 106:32); Josephus, Antiquities 16, 1, 2; 7, 3; 8, 6): τήν ψυχήν τίνος κατά τίνος, against one, Acts 14:2.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
5:22; 23:9
Psalms
105:32; 106:32
Acts
7:6; 7:19; 12:1; 14:2; 18:10
1 Peter
3:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2559 matches the Greek κακόω (kakoō),
which occurs 53 times in 51 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 15:13–Zep 1:12)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then God said to Abram, “Know for certain that your [fn]descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, [fn]where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your slave woman is in your [fn]power; do to her what is good in your [fn]sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - But they said, “Get out of the way!” They also said, “This one came in [fn]as a foreigner, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them!” So they pressed hard against [fn]Lot and moved forward to break the door.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So they appointed taskmasters over them to oppress them with [fn]hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 -

Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me?

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - “Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not rescued Your people at all.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 -

“You shall not oppress a stranger nor torment him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - “You shall not oppress any widow or orphan.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - “If you oppress him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will assuredly hear his cry;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You [fn]been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have put the burden of all this people on me?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 -

Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Pay no attention to their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:15 - that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 -

“But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim,

And they shall oppress Asshur and oppress Eber;

So they also will come to destruction.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:7 -

‘Then on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13 -

“Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - “And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, in order to humble you, putting you to the test, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - “And He humbled you and let you go hungry, and fed you with the manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, in order to make you [fn]understand that man shall not live on bread alone, but man shall live on everything that comes out of the mouth of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - “In the wilderness it was He who fed you manna which your fathers did not know, in order to humble you and in order to put you to the test, to do good for you [fn]in the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - ‘And the Egyptians treated us badly and oppressed us, and imposed hard labor on us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:5 - ‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt [fn]by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - “If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and destroy you after He has done good to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who tormented and oppressed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - “I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me and [fn]the Almighty has afflicted me?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 -

Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth to your own field, for you [fn]deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this [fn]time, because you carried the ark of the Lord [fn]GOD before my father David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - And he called to the LORD and said, “LORD, my God, have You also brought catastrophe upon the widow with whom I am [fn]staying, by causing her son to die?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 -

Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,

And unfanned fire will devour him;

It will consume the survivor in his tent.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 -

“You have sent widows away empty,

And the [fn]strength of orphans has been crushed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:24 -

“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone;

Moreover, they are brought low, and like everything they are gathered up;

Like the heads of grain they wither.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:11 -

“Because He has undone [fn]my [fn]bowstring and afflicted me,

They have cast off the bridle before me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30 -

[fn]No, I have not [fn]allowed my mouth to sin

By asking for his life in a curse.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 -

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,

My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:8 -

I feel faint and [fn]badly crushed;

I [fn]groan because of the [fn]agitation of my heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 -

You with Your own hand drove out the nations;

Then You planted them;

You afflicted the peoples,

Then You let them go free.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:22 -

“The enemy will not [fn]deceive him,

Nor will the [fn]son of wickedness afflict him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:5 -

They crush Your people, LORD,

And afflict Your inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32 -

They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of [fn]Meribah,

So that it went badly for Moses on their account.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 -

When they become few and lowly

Because of oppression, misery, and sorrow,

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - for [fn]you know that even you have cursed others many times as well.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - All this I have seen, and have applied my [fn]mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised authority over another person to his detriment.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:23 -

Declare the things that are going to come afterward,

So that we may know that you are gods;

Indeed, do good or evil, that we may be afraid and fear together.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:9 -

Behold, the Lord GOD helps Me;

Who is he who condemns Me?

Behold, they will all wear out like a garment;

A moth will eat them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 -

He was oppressed and afflicted,

Yet He did not open His mouth;

Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,

And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,

So He did not open His mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - and do not follow other gods to [fn]serve them and to [fn]worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, then I will do you no harm.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:29 - “For behold, I am beginning to inflict disaster on this city which is called by My name, so should you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the LORD of armies.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - “And just as I have watched over them to uproot them, tear them down, ruin, destroy, and bring disaster on them, so I will watch over them to build and to plant them,” declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - ‘Behold, I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and all the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will [fn]meet their end by the sword or by famine until they [fn]are completely gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - “And you, son of man, say to [fn]your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous one will not save him on the day of his offense, and as for the wickedness of a wicked one, he will not stumble because of it on the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous one will not be able to live [fn]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:12 - Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 -

The days of punishment have come,

The days of retribution have come;

[fn]Let Israel know this!

The prophet is a fool,

The [fn]inspired person is insane,

Because of the grossness of your wrongdoing,

And because your [fn]hostility is so great.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 -

“And it will come about at that time

That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,

And I will punish the people

Who are [fn]stagnant in spirit,

Who say in their hearts,

‘The LORD will not do good nor harm!’


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