Strong G2557κακοῦργος
criminal
- Transliteration
- kakourgos
- Pronunciation
- kak-oor'-gos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
κακοῦργος, -ον
(contr. from epic κακόεργος), [in LXX. Pro.21:15 (אָוֶן, פָּעַל), Est.8:13, Sir.11:33 33:26 (Sir.33:26)*;]
a malefactor, criminal: Luk.23:32-33, 39, 2Ti.2:9.†
(AS)
(contr. from epic κακόεργος), [in LXX. Pro.21:15 (אָוֶן, פָּעַל), Est.8:13, Sir.11:33 33:26 (Sir.33:26)*;]
a malefactor, criminal: Luk.23:32-33, 39, 2Ti.2:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2557 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- malefactor3
- doer1
First verses
- Luke 23:32And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
- Luke 23:33And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
- Luke 23:39And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
- 2 Timothy 2:9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰκουργ-ος,
Epic dialect κακοεργός (also late Prose, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 2.38)]; δαιμόνια κακοεργά [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Theophrastus” p.60B.))], ον, (ἔργον) doing ill, mischievous, knavish, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἀλλά με γαστὴρ ὀτρύνει κακοεργός)] importunate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.54; frequently later, κλῶπες κακοῦργοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.41; κ. ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1043; also κακουργότατος λόγος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.125; κ. μάχαιρα “Anthologia Graeca” 11.136 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus); -ότατα εἰπεῖν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.2)]. adverb -γως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.132.)]
2 as substantive, malefactor, criminal in the eye of the law, [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 133, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134, “PLille” 1.7.20 (3rd c.BC), NT.Luke.23.32, etc.; οὐδεὶς κακοεργός 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.47)]; at Athens, technically, thief, robber, ὁ τῶν κακούργων νόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.9, compare 16, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.78, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.28, 24.102.)]
II with genitive, doing harm to, κ. μὲν τῶν ἄλλων, ἑαυτοῦ δὲ πολὺ -ότερος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 421b)]: absolutely, harmful, κ. ἐπιθυμίαι[Refs ([prev. work] 554c; καρτερία [prev. author] “La.” 192d; ἄγνοια -οτάτη καὶ αἰσχίστη [prev. author] Alcaeus1.118a.)]
Epic dialect κακοεργός (also late Prose, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 2.38)]; δαιμόνια κακοεργά [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Theophrastus” p.60B.))], ον, (ἔργον) doing ill, mischievous, knavish, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ἀλλά με γαστὴρ ὀτρύνει κακοεργός)] importunate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.54; frequently later, κλῶπες κακοῦργοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.41; κ. ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1043; also κακουργότατος λόγος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.125; κ. μάχαιρα “Anthologia Graeca” 11.136 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus); -ότατα εἰπεῖν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.2)]. adverb -γως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.132.)]
2 as substantive, malefactor, criminal in the eye of the law, [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 133, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134, “PLille” 1.7.20 (3rd c.BC), NT.Luke.23.32, etc.; οὐδεὶς κακοεργός 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.47)]; at Athens, technically, thief, robber, ὁ τῶν κακούργων νόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.9, compare 16, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.78, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.28, 24.102.)]
II with genitive, doing harm to, κ. μὲν τῶν ἄλλων, ἑαυτοῦ δὲ πολὺ -ότερος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 421b)]: absolutely, harmful, κ. ἐπιθυμίαι[Refs ([prev. work] 554c; καρτερία [prev. author] “La.” 192d; ἄγνοια -οτάτη καὶ αἰσχίστη [prev. author] Alcaeus1.118a.)]