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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 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6 - God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign land, where they would be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:19 - This king exploited our people and oppressed them, forcing parents to abandon their newborn babies so they would die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1 - About that time King Herod Agrippa[fn] began to persecute some believers in the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:2 - Some of the Jews, however, spurned God’s message and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against Paul and Barnabas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:10 - For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:13 - Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good?
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