adjective

kakourgos

Greekκακοῦργος (kakourgos)

Strong’sG2557

a criminal

stem kakourg-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

criminals3×criminal1×

What it means

κακοῦργος, -ον

(contr. from epic κακόεργος), [in LXX. Pr 21:15 (אָוֶן פֹּּעֵל), Es 8:13, Si 11:33 33:26 (Si 33:26)*;]

a malefactor, criminal: Lk 23:32, 33, 39, II Ti 2:9.†

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

Saidkak-oor'-gos

a wrong-doer, i.e. criminal

Fromfrom G2556 and the base of G2041;

King Jamesevil-doer, malefactor.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

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

kakourgstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

kakourgos“criminal”subjectnominative singular1×

2 Timothy 2:9“criminal”en he kakopathamō mechris desmoiu hōs kakourgos. alla tos logos tou theou ouk ditē;for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

kakourgois“criminals”subjectnominative plural1×

Luke 23:32“criminals”Agile de kai heterois kakourgois duo sun auto anairira.Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

kakourgoin“criminals”objectaccusative plural1×

Luke 23:33“criminals”kai hote erchala epi ton topon ton kalirōton Kraniem, ekei staurala auton kai toin kakourgoin, hon men ek dexeiu hon de ek aristereiu.When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

kakourgoiu“criminals”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Luke 23:39“criminals”Henos de toiu kremannuiratoiu kakourgoiu blasfēmate auton legarōtos; Ouchi sis asō tos christos? sōzasar siauton kai nin.One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”