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Strong's G2556 · Greek

κακός

kakos · kak-os'

apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas 4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κακός (G2556)

46 κακός , -ή, -όν , [in LXX chiefly for רַע , רָעָח probably supposed to be רָעָה n="H7462" ;] in general, opp. to ἀγαθός , καλός , in various senses, bad , mean , base , worthless (cl.). In ethical sense, base , evil , wicked : of persons, Mt 21:41 24:48 , Phl 3:2 , Re 2:2 ; διαλογισμοί , Mk 7:21 ; ὁμιλίαι , I Co 15:33 ; ἐπιθυμία ( Pr 12:12 ), Col 3:5 ; ἔργον , Ro 13:3 ; neut., κακόν, τὸ κ. , evil : Jo 18:23 , Ac 23:9 , Ro 7:21 14:20 16:19 , I Co 13:5 , He 5:14 , I Pe 3:10 , 11 , III Jo 11 ; pl., Ro 1:30 , I Co 10:6 , I Ti 6:10 , Ja 1:13 ; κ. ( τὸ, τὰ κ. ) ποιεῖν ( πράσσειν ), Mt 27:23 , Mk 15:14 , Lk 23:22 , Jo 18:30 , Ro 3:8 7:19 13:4 , II Co 13:7 , I Pe 3:12 ; κατεργάζεσθαι , Ro 2:9 ; of wrongs inflicted, Ac 9:13 , Ro 12:17 , 21 13:10 , I Th 5:15 , II Ti 4:14 , I Pe 3:9 . pernicious , harmful , evil : Lk 16:25 , Ac 16:28 28:5 , Tit 1:12 , Ja 3:8 , Re 16:2 (Cremer, 325, 741).† SYN. : v.s. ἄθεσμος .

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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