Strong G2559κακόω
to harm
- Transliteration
- kakoō
- Pronunciation
- kak-o'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2556; to injure; figuratively to exasperate: - make evil affected entreat evil harm hurt vex.
Detailed definition
κακόω, -ῶ
(κακός), [in LXX chiefly for רָעַע hi., עָנָה pi.;]
1. to ill-treat, afflict, distress: with accusative of person(s), Act.7:6, 19 12:1 18:10, 1Pe.3:13.
2. (not in cl.), to embitter (Psa.106:32): Act.14:2,†
(AS)
(κακός), [in LXX chiefly for רָעַע hi., עָנָה pi.;]
1. to ill-treat, afflict, distress: with accusative of person(s), Act.7:6, 19 12:1 18:10, 1Pe.3:13.
2. (not in cl.), to embitter (Psa.106:32): Act.14:2,†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2559 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- entreat2
- affect1
- evil1
- harm1
- hurt1
- make1
- vex1
First verses
- Acts 7:6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
- Acts 7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
- Acts 12:1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
- Acts 14:2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
- Acts 18:10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
- 1 Peter 3:13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰκόω,
maltreat, distress, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always of persons, κεκακωμένοι ἐν Πύλῳ ἦμεν, ἐλθὼν γάρ ῥ᾽ ἐκάκωσε βίη Ἡρακληείη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.689)]; μηδὲ.. κάκου κεκακωμένον afflict not the afflicted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.754; ἠμὲν κυδῆναι.. βροτὸν ἠδὲ κακῶσαι 16.212, compare 20.99; ὅσοι παθόντες εὖ κακοῦσί μ᾽ ἐκδίκως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 976)]; κ. [θεὸς] δῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 156; κ. τοὺς ἀναιτίους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1162; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.32; τὸν δῆμον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.91; ἑαυτούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 248c)]:—in passive, to be in ill plight, be distressed, κεκακωμένος ἅλμῃ befouled with brine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.137 (see. above): generally, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.170, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 728 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 261, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.16, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25; πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 268; ἐκάκωτο ὑπὸ τῆς πορείας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.35; ἐκ πυρετοῖο “Anthologia Graeca” 11.382.1 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
2 of things, spoil, ruin, τὰ κοινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82; τὸ ναυτικόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.78)]; of the air, injure a plant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.11.2; τὰ κακούμενα τῆς Χώρας 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 15.1)]: Astrology texts, render unpropitious, Vett. Val.[Refs (70.22 (_passive_): physically,)]injure, paralyse, τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν νεύρων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.690:)] —passive, κακοῦται πᾶν τὸ σκέλος deteriorates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 58.)]
maltreat, distress, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always of persons, κεκακωμένοι ἐν Πύλῳ ἦμεν, ἐλθὼν γάρ ῥ᾽ ἐκάκωσε βίη Ἡρακληείη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.689)]; μηδὲ.. κάκου κεκακωμένον afflict not the afflicted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.754; ἠμὲν κυδῆναι.. βροτὸν ἠδὲ κακῶσαι 16.212, compare 20.99; ὅσοι παθόντες εὖ κακοῦσί μ᾽ ἐκδίκως 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 976)]; κ. [θεὸς] δῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 156; κ. τοὺς ἀναιτίους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1162; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.32; τὸν δῆμον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.91; ἑαυτούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 248c)]:—in passive, to be in ill plight, be distressed, κεκακωμένος ἅλμῃ befouled with brine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.137 (see. above): generally, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.170, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 728 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 261, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.16, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.25; πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 268; ἐκάκωτο ὑπὸ τῆς πορείας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.35; ἐκ πυρετοῖο “Anthologia Graeca” 11.382.1 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
2 of things, spoil, ruin, τὰ κοινά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.82; τὸ ναυτικόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.78)]; of the air, injure a plant, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.11.2; τὰ κακούμενα τῆς Χώρας 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 15.1)]: Astrology texts, render unpropitious, Vett. Val.[Refs (70.22 (_passive_): physically,)]injure, paralyse, τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν νεύρων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.690:)] —passive, κακοῦται πᾶν τὸ σκέλος deteriorates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 58.)]