Greek verb · G2559
κακόω
kakookak-o'-o
to ill-treat, afflict, distress; (not in cl.), to embitter
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kakóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2559is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2559
to injure; figuratively, to exasperate
The King James renders it: make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kakoo is rendered "to ill-treat, afflict, distress; (not in cl.), to embitter". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to ill-treat, afflict, distress".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 7:6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Acts 7:6κακώσουσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to ill-treat, afflict, distress, and (not in cl.), to embitter.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to ill-treat, afflict, distresswith accusative of person(s), Act.7:6, 19 12:1 18:10, 1Pe.3:13. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 7:6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land… |
| (not in cl.), to embitterPsa.106:32): Act.14:2 | Tagged as
| WherePsalms 106:32At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κακός | kakos | evil/harm: harm | Uses50 |
| κακολογέω | kakologeo | to curse/revile | Uses4 |
| κακοποιέω | kakopoieo | to do evil/harm | Uses4 |
| κακοῦργος | kakourgos | criminal | Uses4 |
| κακοπαθέω | kakopatheo | to endure | Uses3 |
| κακοποιός | kakopoios | wrongdoing | Uses3 |
| κακουχέω | kakoucheo | to torment | Uses2 |
| κακοήθεια | kakoetheia | malice | Uses1 |
| κακοπάθεια | kakopatheia | suffering | Uses1 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κακῶσαί2
- ἐκάκωσαν1
- ἐκάκωσεν1
- κακώσουσιν1
- κακώσων1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
- verb · future active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-FAP-NSM
Acts
five uses
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- κακώσουσινkakosousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will mistreat
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
- ἐκάκωσενekakosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he mistreated
About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
- κακῶσαίkakosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to mistreat
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
- ἐκάκωσανekakosanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they poisoned
For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
- κακῶσαίkakosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to harm
1 Peter
one use
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
- κακώσωνkakosonverb · future active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: will harm
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.