Strong's Greek: 2560. κακῶς (kakós) -- Bad, evil, wicked, harmful

Strong's Lexicon

kakós: Bad, evil, wicked, harmful

Original Word: κακός
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: kakós
Pronunciation: kä-kos'
Phonetic Spelling: (kak-oce')
Definition: Bad, evil, wicked, harmful
Meaning: badly, evilly, wrongly.

Word Origin: A primary word

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - רַע (raʿ) - Strong's Hebrew 7451: Often translated as "evil" or "wicked," used to describe moral and physical evil in the Old Testament.

- חָטָא (chata) - Strong's Hebrew 2398: Meaning "to sin" or "to miss the mark," often associated with moral failure.

Usage: The Greek adjective "κακός" (kakós) is used in the New Testament to describe that which is morally or ethically wrong, harmful, or evil. It often contrasts with what is good, righteous, or beneficial. The term can refer to actions, thoughts, or conditions that are contrary to God's nature and commands. It is used to describe both physical harm and moral evil.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "κακός" was understood in both moral and practical terms. Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle discussed the nature of good and evil, often associating "κακός" with vice and moral failure. In the Jewish context, which heavily influenced early Christian thought, evil was seen as anything opposing God's will and law. The New Testament writers, drawing from both Jewish and Hellenistic traditions, used "κακός" to address the moral failings of individuals and societies, emphasizing the need for repentance and alignment with God's righteousness.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2560 kakṓs (the adverbial form of 2556 /kakós) – sore-misery related to experiencing grievous harm (affliction).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
adverb from kakos
Definition
badly
NASB Translation
cruelly (1), evil (1), ill* (5), sick (6), very (1), wretched (1), wrong motives (1), wrongly (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2560: κακῶς

κακῶς (κακός), adverb (from Homer on down), badly, ill, i. e.

a. (in a physical sense) miserably: ἔχειν, to be ill, sick (see ἔχω, II. a.), Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:16; Matthew 9:12; Matthew 14:35; (Matthew 17:15 L Tr text WH text); Mark (Mark 1:32, 34); ; (Mark 6:55); Luke 5:31; Luke 7:2, etc.; πάσχειν, Matthew 17:15 (R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); δαιμονίζεσθαι, Matthew 15:22; κακούς κακῶς ἀπολέσει, Matthew 21:41, on this combination of words with verbs of destroying, perishing, etc., which is frequent in Greek writings also, cf. Kuinoel at the passage; Winers Grammar, § 68, 1.

b. (morally) improperly, wrongly: John 18:23; κακῶς εἰπεῖν τινα, to speak ill of, revile, one, Acts 23:5; with bad intent, αἰτεῖσθαι, James 4:3.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From kakos; badly (physically or morally) -- amiss, diseased, evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore.

see GREEK kakos

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Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 4:24 Adv
GRK: πάντας τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ποικίλαις
KJV: all sick people
INT: all sick who were by various

Matthew 8:16 Adv
GRK: πάντας τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ἐθεράπευσεν
KJV: all that were sick:
INT: all who sick were he healed

Matthew 9:12 Adv
GRK: ἀλλ' οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες
NAS: a physician, but those who are sick.
KJV: but they that are sick.
INT: but they who sick are

Matthew 14:35 Adv
GRK: πάντας τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας
NAS: and brought to Him all who were sick;
KJV: all that were diseased;
INT: all those who sick were

Matthew 15:22 Adv
GRK: θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται
NAS: my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.
KJV: daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
INT: daughter of me miserably is possessed by a demon

Matthew 17:15 Adv
GRK: σεληνιάζεται καὶ κακῶς πάσχει πολλάκις
NAS: for he is a lunatic and is very ill;
KJV: he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for
INT: he is epileptic and miserably suffers often

Matthew 21:41 Adv
GRK: αὐτῷ Κακοὺς κακῶς ἀπολέσει αὐτούς
NAS: wretches to a wretched end,
KJV: unto him, He will miserably destroy
INT: to him wretches miserably he will destroy them

Mark 1:32 Adv
GRK: πάντας τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας καὶ
KJV: that were diseased, and
INT: all who sick were and

Mark 1:34 Adv
GRK: ἐθεράπευσεν πολλοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ποικίλαις
KJV: that were sick of divers
INT: he healed many [who] sick were of various

Mark 2:17 Adv
GRK: ἀλλ' οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες οὐκ
NAS: but those who are sick; I did not come
KJV: but they that are sick: I came not
INT: but they who sick are not

Mark 6:55 Adv
GRK: κραβάττοις τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας περιφέρειν
NAS: those who were sick, to the place
KJV: those that were sick, where
INT: mats those [that] sick were to carry about

Luke 5:31 Adv
GRK: ἀλλὰ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες
NAS: a physician, but those who are sick.
KJV: but they that are sick.
INT: but they who sick are

Luke 7:2 Adv
GRK: τινος δοῦλος κακῶς ἔχων ἤμελλεν
NAS: was highly regarded by him, was sick and about
KJV: unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
INT: a certain servant sick being was about

John 18:23 Adv
GRK: Ἰησοῦς Εἰ κακῶς ἐλάλησα μαρτύρησον
NAS: I have spoken wrongly, testify
KJV: If I have spoken evil, bear witness of
INT: Jesus If evil I spoke bear witness

Acts 23:5 Adv
GRK: οὐκ ἐρεῖς κακῶς
NAS: YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER
KJV: not speak evil of the ruler of thy
INT: not you will speak of evil

James 4:3 Adv
GRK: λαμβάνετε διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε ἵνα
NAS: you ask with wrong motives, so
KJV: ye ask amiss, that
INT: receive because wrongly you ask that