κακοποιός
kakopoios · evildoer
Greek word · Strong’s number G2555 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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kakopoios (κακοποιός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “evildoer”.
Someone who does wrong.
How to say it
ka·ko·poi·os
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
- One who does wrong, a criminal.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- evildoers ×2
- evildoer ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Peter 2:12
keeping your conduct among the nations good, so that, in what they speak against you as evildoers, by observing your good works they may glorify God on the day of visitation.
- 1 Peter 2:14
or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do good.
- 1 Peter 4:15
For let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.