Gloss
evil, wicked, wrong, bad, a perversion of what pertains to goodness; as a noun, an evil thing can refer to any crime, harm, or moral wrong
Forms of the word
Dictionary
κακός, -ή, -όν
Greek transliteration
kakos
Simplified transliteration
kakos
Numbers
Strong's number
2556
GK Number
2805
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
50
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(2a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for κακός
| Matthew 21:41 | They said to him, “He will bring those wretches (kakous | κακούς | acc pl masc) to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share at their harvest.” |
| Matthew 24:48 | But suppose that servant is wicked (kakos | κακός | nom sg masc) and says in his heart, ‘My master is slow to return,’ |
| Matthew 27:23 | Pilate asked, “But what crime (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) has he committed?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!” |
| Mark 7:21 | For from within, from the heart of a person, come evil (kakoi | κακοί | nom pl masc) plots, immoralities, thefts, murders, |
| Mark 15:14 | And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) has he done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify him!” |
| Luke 16:25 | But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you received your good things during your lifetime, and Lazarus correspondingly received bad (kaka | κακά | acc pl neut) things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. |
| Luke 23:22 | A third time he spoke to them, “What evil (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” |
| John 18:23 | Jesus replied, “If I spoke incorrectly, testify about the error (kakou | κακοῦ | gen sg neut); but if I spoke correctly, why do you hit me?” |
| John 18:30 | They replied to him, saying, “If this man were not doing something wrong (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut), we would not have handed him over to you.” |
| Acts 9:13 | But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm (kaka | κακά | acc pl neut) he did to your saints at Jerusalem. |
| Acts 16:28 | But Paul called out in a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) yourself, for we are all here.” |
| Acts 23:9 | Then there arose a great uproar, and certain of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested vigorously, saying, “We find nothing evil (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” |
| Acts 28:5 | But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut). |
| Romans 1:30 | slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil (kakōn | κακῶν | gen pl neut), disobedient to parents, |
| Romans 2:9 | There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut), for the Jew first and also for the Greek, |
| Romans 3:8 | And why not say (as some slanderously claim that we are saying), “Let us do evil (kaka | κακά | acc pl neut) so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation is well deserved! |
| Romans 7:19 | For I do not do the good I want, but the evil (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) I do not want is what I do. |
| Romans 7:21 | So I find it to be a law that when I want to do good, evil (kakon | κακόν | nom sg neut) is present in me. |
| Romans 12:17 | Repay no one evil (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) for evil (kakou | κακοῦ | gen sg neut); give careful thought to what is good in the sight of all |
| Romans 12:21 | Do not be overcome by evil (kakou | κακοῦ | gen sg neut), but overcome evil (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) with good. |
| Romans 13:3 | For rulers are not a source of fear for those who do good, but for those who do wrong (kakō | κακῷ | dat sg neut). Would you have no fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will receive his approval |
| Romans 13:4 | for he is a servant of God for your good. But if you do what is wrong (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut), be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain. he is a servant of God, an avenger to carry out wrath on the one who does wrong (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut). |
| Romans 13:10 | Love does no wrong (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. |
| Romans 14:20 | Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed clean, but it is wrong (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut) to cause another to stumble by what you eat. |
| Romans 16:19 | Your obedience is known to all and thus I am rejoicing over you. But I want you to be wise as to what is good, and innocent as to what is evil (kakon | κακόν | acc sg neut). |
