Strong G25562 sensesκακός

evil/harm: evil · evil/harm: harm

Transliteration
kakos
Pronunciation
kak-os'

The 2 senses of Strong G2556

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong G2556 appears in 46 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. evil/harm: evilG2556G38 verses · 18 books
  2. evil/harm: harmG2556H6 verses · 5 books

General definition

Apparently a primary word;
worthless (intrinsically such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects) that is (subjectively) depraved or (objectively) injurious: - bad evil harm ill noisome wicked.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • evil37
  • thing3
  • harm2
  • bad1
  • ill1
  • man1
  • noisome1

First verses

  1. Matthew 21:41
    They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
  2. Matthew 24:48
    But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
  3. Matthew 27:23
    And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
  4. Mark 7:21
    For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
  5. Mark 15:14
    Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
  6. Luke 16:25
    But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
  7. Luke 23:22
    And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
  8. John 18:23
    Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
  9. Acts 9:13
    Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
  10. Acts 16:28
    But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
  11. Acts 23:9
    And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
  12. Acts 28:5
    And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
  13. Romans 1:30
    Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
  14. Romans 2:9
    Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
  15. Romans 3:8
    And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
  16. Romans 7:19
    For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
  17. Romans 7:21
    I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
  18. Romans 9:11
    (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
  19. Romans 12:17
    Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
  20. Romans 12:21
    Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.