verb
kakopoiamō
Strong’sG2554
I do harm, do wrong
stem kakopoi-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 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.
κακο-ποιέω, ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for רעע hi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2554 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkak-op-oy-eh'-o
to be a bad-doer, i.e. (objectively) to injure, or (genitive) to sin
Fromfrom G2555;
King Jamesdo(ing) evil.
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
do ill, play the knave, Refs 5th c.BC+; manage one's affairs ill, Refs 5th c.BC+
II transitive, do mischief to, injure, πολλὰ μὲν τὴν βασιλέως Χώραν κ. Refs 2nd c.BC+:—passive, Refs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kakopoiaraκακοποιῆσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | do evil | 2× |
| kakopoiarōntosκακοποιῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | does evil | 1× |
| kakopoiarōntoinκακοποιοῦντας | happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative plural masculine | doing evil | 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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakopoiamō | kakopoiame | kakopoiami | kakopoiama | kakopoiamē | kakopoiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kakopoiasō | kakopoiase | kakopoiasi | kakopoiasa | kakopoiasē | kakopoiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakopoiatō | kakopoiate | kakopoiati | kakopoiata | kakopoiatē | kakopoiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kakopoianō | kakopoiane | kakopoiani | kakopoiana | kakopoianē | kakopoianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakopoiavō | kakopoiave | kakopoiavi | kakopoiava | kakopoiavē | kakopoiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kakopoialō | kakopoiale | kakopoiali | kakopoiala | kakopoialē | kakopoialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakopoiameiō | kakopoiameia | kakopoiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kakopoiaseiō | kakopoiaseia | kakopoiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakopoiateiō | kakopoiateia | kakopoiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kakopoianeiō | kakopoianeia | kakopoianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakopoiaveiō | kakopoiaveia | kakopoiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kakopoialeiō | kakopoialeia | kakopoialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kakopoiasōr | kakopoiasar | kakopoiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakopoiatōr | kakopoiatar | kakopoiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakopoiavōr | kakopoiavar | kakopoiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kakopoialōr | kakopoialar | kakopoialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kakopoiamoiō | kakopoiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kakopoiasoiō | kakopoiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kakopoiatoiō | kakopoiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kakopoianoiō | kakopoianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kakopoiavoiō | kakopoiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kakopoialoiō | kakopoialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kakopoiarō | kakopoiari | kakopoiara2×κακοποιῆσαι | kakopoiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kakopoiarōntos2×κακοποιῶν | kakopoiarintos | kakopoiarantos | kakopoiarēntos |
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
kakopoi 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
kakopoiara“do evil”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive2×
Mark 3:4… autoi; Exestinatō tei sabbatei agathopoiara ē kakopoiara, psuchan sōzara ē apoktenara? tois de …… Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy …
Luke 6:9… ei exestinatō te sabbate agathopoiara ē kakopoiara, psuchan sōzara ē apolara?… Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy …
kakopoiarōntos“does evil”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
3 John 1:11… agathopoiarōntos ek tou theou atō; tos kakopoiarōntos ouk horatē ton theon.… is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
kakopoiarōntoin“doing evil”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative plural masculine1×
1 Peter 3:17… tem thelēmem tou theou, pascharō ē kakopoiarōntoin.… suffer for doing good than for doing evil.