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κακός

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	κακός
Citation form	κακός, ή, όν
Part of speech	adjective
Gloss	bad, evil
Strong’s	G2556
Transliteration	kakós
Definition	worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious
KJV glosses	:--bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
Derivation	apparently a primary word
SBLGNT occurrences	45

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 form	Grammar 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

adjective; MorphGNT ----APM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----APN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----ASF-
adjective; MorphGNT ----ASN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----DSN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----GPN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----GSN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NPF-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NPM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NPN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NSM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NSN-

Septuagint occurrences

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