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Strong's #2559 - κακόω

Transliteration
kakóō
Phonetics
kak-o'-o
Origin
from (G2556)
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
3:484,391
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat
  2. to embitter, render evil affected
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1792 ‑ דָּכָא (daw‑kaw');  3228 ‑ יָמִינִי (yem‑ee‑nee');  3286 ‑ יָעֵף (yaw‑af');  3782 ‑ כָּשַׁל (kaw‑shal');  3905 ‑ לָחַץ (law‑khats');  6030 ‑ עָנָה (aw‑naw');  6030 ‑ עָנָה (aw‑naw');  6313 ‑ פּוּג (poog);  7489 ‑ רָעַע (raw‑ah');  7561 ‑ רָשַׁע (raw‑shah');  7817 ‑ שָׁחַח (shaw‑khakh');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (7)
Acts 6
1 Peter 1
NAS (6)
Acts 5
1 Peter 1
HCS (6)
Acts 5
1 Peter 1
BSB (6)
Acts 5
1 Peter 1
ESV (6)
Acts 5
1 Peter 1
WEB (6)
Acts 5
1 Peter 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κᾰκόω,

1. maltreat, distress, in Hom. always of persons, κεκακωμένοι ἐν Πύλῳ ἦμεν, ἐλθὼν γάρ ῥ' ἐκάκωσε βίη Ἡρακληείη Il. 11.689; μηδὲ.. κάκου κεκακωμένον afflict not the afflicted, Od. 4.754; ἠμὲν κυδῆναι.. βροτὸν ἠδὲ κακῶσαι 16.212, cf. 20.99; ὅσοι παθόντες εὖ κακοῦσί μ' ἐκδίκως A. Pr. 976; κ. [ θεὸς ] δῶμα Id. Fr. 156; κ. τοὺς ἀναιτίους E. HF 1162; τοὺς Ἀθηναίους Th. 8.32; τὸν δῆμον Lys. 13.91; ἑαυτούς Pl. Mx. 248c: in Pass., to be in ill plight, be distressed, κεκακωμένος ἅλμῃ befouled with brine, Od. 6.137 (v. supr.): generally, Hdt. 1.170, al., A. Pers. 728 (troch.), S. OC 261, And. 2.16, Th. 4.25; πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται E. Hel. 268; ἐκάκωτο ὑπὸ τῆς πορείας X. An. 4.5.35; ἐκ πυρετοῖο AP 11.382.1 (Agath.).

2. of things, spoil, ruin, τὰ κοινά Hdt. 3.82; τὸ ναυτικόν Th. 8.78; of the air, injure a plant, Thphr. CP 2.11.2; τὰ κακούμενα τῆς Χώρας Aen.Tact. 15.1: Astrol., render unpropitious, Vett. Val. 70.22 (Pass.): physically, injure, paralyse, τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν νεύρων Gal. 2.690: Pass., κακοῦται πᾶν τὸ σκέλος deteriorates, Hp. Art. 58.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κακόω, κακῷ: future κακώσω; 1 aorist ἐκάκωσα; (κακός);

1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat: τινα, Acts 7:6, 19; Acts 12:1; Acts 18:10; 1 Peter 3:13 (Exodus 5:22; Exodus 23:9 Alex.; in Greek writings from Homer down).

2. by a usage foreign to the classics, to embitter (Vulg. ad iracundiam concito); render evil affected (Psalm 105:32 (); Josephus, Antiquities 16, 1, 2; 7, 3; 8, 6): τήν ψυχήν τίνος κατά τίνος, against one, Acts 14:2.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κακόω , -

(< κακός ),

[in LXX chiefly for H7489 hi., H6030 pi.;]

1. to ill-treat, afflict, distress: c. acc pers., Acts 7:6; Acts 7:19; Acts 12:1; Acts 18:10, 1 Peter 3:13.

2. (not in cl.), to embitter (Psalms 106:32): Acts 14:2,†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Michel 1001viii. 8 (c. B.C. 200) εἲ τῶν τοῦ κοινοῦ τι κακῶσαι ἢ διελέσθαι ἢ τοῦ ἀρχαίου τι καταχρήσασθαι. The verb is used intransitively in P Tebt II. 407.9 (A.D. 199?) εὖ ποιήσεις ] μὴ κακώσασα, ";you will do well not to interfere"; (Edd.).

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
εκακώθη εκακώθην εκακώθησαν εκάκωσα εκακωσαν εκάκωσαν ἐκάκωσαν εκάκωσας εκάκωσε εκάκωσέ εκακωσεν εκάκωσεν ἐκάκωσεν κακούμενος κακούν κακούντας κακούντων κακωθήναι κακωθήσεται κακωσαι κακώσαι κακώσαί κακῶσαί κακώσατε κακώσει κακώσετε κακώση κακώσητε κακώσομεν κακωσουσιν κακώσουσιν κακωσων κακώσων κακώσωσιν κεκακώσθαι ekakosan ekakōsan ekákosan ekákōsan ekakosen ekakōsen ekákosen ekákōsen kakosai kakôsaí kakōsai kakō̂saí kakoson kakōsōn kakṓson kakṓsōn kakosousin kakōsousin kakṓsousin
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