Strong G2561κάκωσις
oppression
- Transliteration
- kakōsis
- Pronunciation
- kak'-o-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2559; maltreatment: - affliction.
Detailed definition
κάκωσις, -εως, ἡ
(κακόω) [Ín LXX (for עָנִי, יָדַע, etc.): Exo.3:7, Jer.2:28, Wis.3:2, al.;]
ill-treatment: Act.7:34 (LXX),†
(AS)
(κακόω) [Ín LXX (for עָנִי, יָדַע, etc.): Exo.3:7, Jer.2:28, Wis.3:2, al.;]
ill-treatment: Act.7:34 (LXX),†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2561 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- affliction1
First verses
- Acts 7:34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κάκ-ωσις [ᾰ], εως, ἡ,
(κᾰκόω) ill-treatment, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.3, compare “Stud.Pal.” 1.8.10 (V 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus))]; oppression, τοῦ λαοῦ [LXX (LXX.Exo.3.7.)]
2 especially in Law, ill-usage, of persons by their natural protectors, ὁ τῆς κ. νόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.91, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.40, etc.; γραφὴ κακώσεως [prev. author] 58.32, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 328)]; κ. γονέων, ὀρφανῶν, ἐπικλήρου, οἴκου ὀρφανικοῦ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 56.6)]; τοκέων κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 147)]; also κ. ἐπαρχίας misgovernment, of the Rom. actio repetundarum, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 4.)]
II suffering, distress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; πληρωμάτων [prev. author] 7.4; αἰκίαι σωμάτων καὶ κακώσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1386a8, compare 1385a24)]; of the effects of disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 17: _plural_, [prev. author] “Aër.” 19; αἱ τᾶς σαρκὸς τακομένας κακώσιες 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 102c, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 21, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.31.)]
(κᾰκόω) ill-treatment, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.3, compare “Stud.Pal.” 1.8.10 (V 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus))]; oppression, τοῦ λαοῦ [LXX (LXX.Exo.3.7.)]
2 especially in Law, ill-usage, of persons by their natural protectors, ὁ τῆς κ. νόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.91, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.40, etc.; γραφὴ κακώσεως [prev. author] 58.32, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 328)]; κ. γονέων, ὀρφανῶν, ἐπικλήρου, οἴκου ὀρφανικοῦ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 56.6)]; τοκέων κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 147)]; also κ. ἐπαρχίας misgovernment, of the Rom. actio repetundarum, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 4.)]
II suffering, distress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; πληρωμάτων [prev. author] 7.4; αἰκίαι σωμάτων καὶ κακώσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1386a8, compare 1385a24)]; of the effects of disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 17: _plural_, [prev. author] “Aër.” 19; αἱ τᾶς σαρκὸς τακομένας κακώσιες 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 102c, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 21, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.31.)]