κακός

κακός — kakós

κακός, κακῇ, κακόν, the Sept. for רָע (from Homer down), bad (A. V. (almost uniformly) evil);

1. universally, of a bad nature; not such as it ought to be.

2. (morally, i. e.) of a mode of thinking, feeling, acting; base, wrong, wicked: of persons, Mat 21:41 (cf. Winers Grammar, 637 (592); also Buttmann, 143 (126));; Php 3:2; Rev 2:2. διαλογισμοί;, Mar 7:21; ὁμιλίαι, 1Co 15:33; ἐπιθυμία, Col 3:5 (Pro 12:12); ἔργα (better ἔργον), Rom 13:3. neuter κακόν, τό κακόν, evil i. e. what is contrary to law, either divine or human, wrong, crime: (Joh 18:23); Act 23:9; Rom 7:21; Rom 14:20; Rom 16:19; 1Co 13:5; Heb 5:14; 1Pe 3:10; 3Jn 1:11; plural (evil things): Rom 1:30; 1Co 10:6; 1Ti 6:10 (πάντα τά κακά all kinds of evil); Jas 1:13 (Winers Grammar, § 30, 4; Buttmann, § 132, 24); κακόν ποιεῖν, to do, commit evil: Mat 27:23; Mar 15:14; Luk 23:22; 2Co 13:7; 1Pe 3:12; τό κακόν, Rom 13:4; τά κακά,; κακόν, τό κακόν πράσσειν, Rom 7:19; Rom 9:11. (Rec.);; (2Co 5:10 R G L Tr marginal reading); τό κακόν κατεργάζεσθαι, Rom 2:9. specifically of wrongs inflicted: Rom 12:21; κακόν ἐργάζομαι τίνι (to work ill to one), Rom 13:10; ἐνδείκνυμι, 2Ti 4:14; ποιῶ, Act 9:13; ἀποδίδωμι κακόν ἀντί κακοῦ, Rom 12:17; 1Th 5:15; 1Pe 3:9.

3. troublesome, injurious, pernicious, destructive, baneful: neuter κακόν, an evil, that which injures, Jas 3:8 (Winers Grammar, § 59, 8 b.; Buttmann, 79 (69)); with the suggestion of wildness and ferocity, θηρία, Tit 1:12; substantially equivalent to bad, i. e. distressing, whether to mind or to body: ἕλκος κακόν καί πονηρόν (A. V. a noisome and grievous sore), Rev 16:2; κακόν πράσσω ἐμαυτῷ, Latinvim mihi infero, to do harm to oneself, Act 16:28; κακόν τί πάσχω, to suffer some harm, Act 28:5; τά κακά, evil things, the discomforts which plague one, Luk 16:25 (opposed to τά ἀγαθά, the good things, from which pleasure is derived). (Synonym: cf. κακία.)