verb
kakopathamō
Strong’sG2553
I suffer evil, endure affliction
stem kakopath-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κακοπαθέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: Jon.4.10 (עמל)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2553 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkak-op-ath-eh'-o
to undergo hardship
Fromfrom the same as G2552;
King Jamesbe afflicted, endure afflictions (hardness), suffer trouble.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -παθήσομαιRefs 1st c.AD+: perfect κεκακοπάθηκα Refs 4th c.BC+:—to be in ill plight, be in distress, Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλὰ κ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; τινι by or from a thing, τοῦ Χωρίου τῇ ἀπορίᾳ Refs 5th c.BC+; of sickness, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. σώματι suffer in body, Refs 5th c.BC+; of plants or trees, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| kakopathamōκακοπαθῶ | happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular | suffer hardship | 1× |
| kakopathatōΚακοπαθεῖ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | suffering | 1× |
| kakopathasarκακοπάθησον | happened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singular | endure hardship | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakopathamō1×κακοπαθῶ | kakopathame | kakopathami | kakopathama | kakopathamē | kakopathamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kakopathasō | kakopathase | kakopathasi | kakopathasa | kakopathasē | kakopathaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakopathatō1×Κακοπαθεῖ | kakopathate | kakopathati | kakopathata | kakopathatē | kakopathatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kakopathanō | kakopathane | kakopathani | kakopathana | kakopathanē | kakopathanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakopathavō | kakopathave | kakopathavi | kakopathava | kakopathavē | kakopathavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kakopathalō | kakopathale | kakopathali | kakopathala | kakopathalē | kakopathalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakopathameiō | kakopathameia | kakopathameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kakopathaseiō | kakopathaseia | kakopathaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakopathateiō | kakopathateia | kakopathateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kakopathaneiō | kakopathaneia | kakopathaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakopathaveiō | kakopathaveia | kakopathaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kakopathaleiō | kakopathaleia | kakopathaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kakopathasōr | kakopathasar1×κακοπάθησον | kakopathasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakopathatōr | kakopathatar | kakopathatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakopathavōr | kakopathavar | kakopathavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kakopathalōr | kakopathalar | kakopathalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakopathamoiō | kakopathamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kakopathasoiō | kakopathasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakopathatoiō | kakopathatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kakopathanoiō | kakopathanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakopathavoiō | kakopathavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kakopathaloiō | kakopathaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kakopatharō | kakopathari | kakopathara | kakopatharē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kakopatharōntos | kakopatharintos | kakopatharantos | kakopatharēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
kakopath is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kakopathamō“suffer hardship”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular1×
2 Timothy 2:9“suffer hardship”en he kakopathamō mechris desmoiu hōs kakourgos. alla tos …for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of …
kakopathatō“suffering”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
James 5:13Kakopathatō tinos en vi? proseuchotōr; euthumatō tinos? …Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful …
kakopathasar“endure hardship”happened · youaorist active imperative 2nd person singular1×
2 Timothy 4:5sis de nēfasōr en pantei, kakopathasar, ergem poiasar euangelistou, tan diakonian su …… you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist …