κακοποιέω
kakopoieō · do evil
Greek word · Strong’s number G2554 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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kakopoieō (κακοποιέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “do evil”.
To do evil.
How to say it
ka·ko·poi·e·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To cause harm to others by what one does.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- do evil ×2
- does evil ×1
- doing evil ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 3:4
And he says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to kill?” But they were silent.
- Luke 6:9
And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”
- 1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- 3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Whoever does good is of God; whoever does evil has not seen God.