G2559

κακόω

kakoōG:V

to harm

κακόω, -ῶ (κακός), [in LXX chiefly for רָעַע hi., עָנָה pi. ;] __1. to ill-treat, afflict, distress: with accusative of person(s), Act.7:6, 19 12:1 18:10, 1Pe.3:13. __2. (not in cl.), to embitter (Psa.106:32): Act.14:2,† (AS)

The KJV translates G2559 in the following manner:

affected (2x), entreat (2x), entreated (2x), evil (2x), harm (2x), hurt (2x), made (2x), vex (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

κακόω — kakóō

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

1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat: τινα, Act 7:6; Act 7:19; Act 12:1; Act 18:10; 1Pe 3:13 (Exo 5:22; Exo 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 (Psa 105:32; Josephus, Antiquities 16, 1, 2; 7, 3; 8, 6): τήν ψυχήν τίνος κατά τίνος, against one, Act 14:2.

6 occurrences

Acts (5), I Peter (1)