adjective
kakourgos
Strong’sG2557
a criminal
stem kakourg-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books4 of 26 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.
κακοῦργος, -ον
(contr. from epic κακόεργος), [in LXX. Pr 21:15 (אָוֶן פֹּּעֵל), Es 8:13, Si 11:33 33:26 (Si 33:26)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2557 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect κακοεργός (also late Prose, Refs 3rd c.AD+; δαιμόνια κακοεργά Refs 5th c.AD+, ον, (ἔργον) doing ill, mischievous, knavish, once in Refs 8th c.BC+ importunate, Refs 8th c.BC+. adverb -γωςRefs 2nd c.AD+
2 as substantive, malefactor, criminal in the eye of the law, NT+5th c.BC+; at Athens, technically, thief, robber, ὁ τῶν κακούργων νόμος Refs 5th c.BC+
II with genitive, doing harm to, κ. μὲν τῶν ἄλλων, ἑαυτοῦ δὲ πολὺ -ότερος, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, harmful, κ. ἐπιθυμίαιRefs
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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kakourgos1×κακοῦργος | kakourgas | kakourgem | kakourgois1×κακοῦργοι | kakourgais | kakourgeim |
| object accusative | kakourgon | kakourgan | kakourgoin1×κακούργους | kakourgain | ||
| direct address vocative | kakourgor | kakourgar | kakourgoir | kakourgair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | kakourgou | kakourgau | kakourgeu | kakourgoiu1×κακούργων | kakourgaiu | kakourgeiu |
| to, for dative | kakourgo | kakourga | kakourge | kakourgoi | kakourgai | kakourgei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kakourg 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
kakourgos“criminal”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Timothy 2:9en he kakopathamō mechris desmoiu hōs kakourgos. alla tos logos tou theou ouk …… extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot …
kakourgois“criminals”subjectnominative plural1×
Luke 23:32Agole de kai heterois kakourgois duo sun auto anairira.Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be …
kakourgoin“criminals”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 23:33… Kraniem, ekei staurala auton kai toin kakourgoin, hon men ek dexeiu hon de …… crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the …
kakourgoiu“criminals”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Luke 23:39Henos de toiu kremannuirantoiu kakourgoiu blasfēmate auton legarōntos; Ouchi sis asō …One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on …