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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κακός

Lemmaκακός
Citation formκακός, ή, όν
Part of speechadjective
Glossbad, evil
Strong’sG2556
Transliterationkakós
Definitionworthless (intrinsically, such; whereas properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious
KJV glosses:--bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
Derivationapparently a primary word
SBLGNT occurrences45

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
κακά
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Luke 16:25
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — 1 Peter 3:12
κακὰ
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Acts 9:13
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Romans 3:8
adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — 2 Timothy 4:14
adjective, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----NPN-) — Titus 1:12
κακαί
adjective, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — 1 Corinthians 15:33
κακήν
adjective, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Colossians 3:5
κακοὶ
adjective, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Mark 7:21
κακὸν
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Matthew 27:23
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Luke 23:22
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — John 18:30
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Acts 23:9
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 12:17
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 13:10
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 13:4
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 14:20
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 7:19
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 2 Corinthians 13:7
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 1 Thessalonians 5:15
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 1 Peter 3:9
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 3 John 1:11
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Romans 7:21
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — Revelation 16:2
κακόν
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Mark 15:14
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Acts 16:28
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Acts 28:5
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 12:21
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 16:19
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Romans 2:9
adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 1 Corinthians 13:5
adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — James 3:8
κακὸς
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Matthew 24:48
κακοῦ
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — John 18:23
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — Romans 12:17
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — Romans 12:21
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — 1 Thessalonians 5:15
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — Hebrews 5:14
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — 1 Peter 3:10
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — 1 Peter 3:11
adjective, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — 1 Peter 3:9
Κακοὺς
adjective, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Matthew 21:41
κακοὺς
adjective, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Philippians 3:2
κακούς
adjective, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Revelation 2:2
κακῷ
adjective, dative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----DSN-) — Romans 13:3
κακῶν
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — Romans 1:30
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — 1 Corinthians 10:6
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — 1 Timothy 6:10
adjective, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — James 1:13

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κακος.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for κακός with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.