Strong G2554κακοποιέω
to do evil/harm
- Transliteration
- kakopoieō
- Pronunciation
- kak-op-oy-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2555; to be a bad doer that is (objectively) to injure or (generally) to sin: - do (-ing) evil.
Detailed definition
κακο-ποιέω, ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for רָעַע hi.;]
to do harm, to do evil: Mrk.3:4, Luk.6:9, 1Pe.3:17, 3Jn.11 (Cremer, 329).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רָעַע hi.;]
to do harm, to do evil: Mrk.3:4, Luk.6:9, 1Pe.3:17, 3Jn.11 (Cremer, 329).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2554 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- do3
- doeth1
First verses
- Mark 3:4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
- Luke 6:9Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
- 1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
- 3 John 1:11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰκοποι-έω,
do ill, play the knave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 111, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 731)]; manage one's affairs ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 3.11.)]
II transitive, do mischief to, injure, πολλὰ μὲν τὴν βασιλέως Χώραν κ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mem.” 3.5.26, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.6.10; τὰς νῆας [prev. author] 13.4.1)]:—passive, [Refs ([prev. author] 27.7.6.)]
do ill, play the knave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 111, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 731)]; manage one's affairs ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 3.11.)]
II transitive, do mischief to, injure, πολλὰ μὲν τὴν βασιλέως Χώραν κ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mem.” 3.5.26, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.6.10; τὰς νῆας [prev. author] 13.4.1)]:—passive, [Refs ([prev. author] 27.7.6.)]