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Lexicon :: Strong's G2560 - kakōs

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κακῶς
Transliteration
kakōs (Key)
Pronunciation
kak-oce'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
16x in 1 unique form(s) TR
16x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
7x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:1091,*

Strong’s Definitions

κακῶς kakōs, kak-oce'; from G2556; badly (physically or morally):—amiss, diseased, evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G2560 in the following manner: be sick (with G2192) (7x), be diseased (with G2192) (2x), evil (2x), grievously (1x), sore (1x), miserable (1x), amiss (1x), sick people (with G2192) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G2560 in the following manner: be sick (with G2192) (7x), be diseased (with G2192) (2x), evil (2x), grievously (1x), sore (1x), miserable (1x), amiss (1x), sick people (with G2192) (1x).

  1. miserable, to be ill

  2. improperly, wrongly

  3. to speak ill of, revile, one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κακῶς kakōs, kak-oce'; from G2556; badly (physically or morally):—amiss, diseased, evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore.
STRONGS G2560:
κακῶς (κακός), adverb (from Homer on down), badly, ill, i. e.
a. (in a physical sense) miserably: ἔχειν, to be ill, sick (see ἔχω, II. a.), Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:16; Matthew 9:12; Matthew 14:35; (Matthew 17:15 L Tr text WH text); Mark (Mark 1:32, 34); Mark 2:17; (Mark 6:55); Luke 5:31; Luke 7:2, etc.; πάσχειν, Matthew 17:15 (R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); δαιμονίζεσθαι, Matthew 15:22; κακούς κακῶς ἀπολέσει, Matthew 21:41, on this combination of words with verbs of destroying, perishing, etc., which is frequent in Greek writings also, cf. Kuinoel at the passage; Winers Grammar, § 68, 1.
b. (morally) improperly, wrongly: John 18:23; κακῶς εἰπεῖν τινα, to speak ill of, revile, one, Acts 23:5; with bad intent, αἰτεῖσθαι, James 4:3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:24; 8:16; 9:12; 14:35; 15:22; 17:15; 17:15; 21:41
Mark
1:32; 1:34; 2:17; 6:55
Luke
5:31; 7:2
John
18:23
Acts
23:5
James
4:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2560 matches the Greek κακῶς (kakōs),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - “You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 - For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will pass through the land,[fn] greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against[fn] their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4 - The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.
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