kakōs · badly

What it means

kakōs (κακῶς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “badly”.

"Be badly": be sick.

How to say it

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

1. To be unwell, suffer greatly.
2. To do or say something improperly.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• were ill ×4
• sick ×3
• are sick ×2
• wrongly ×2
• are ill ×1
• badly ×1
• evil ×1
• terribly ×1
• wretchedly ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×4
• Luke×2
• John×1
• Acts×1
• James×1

• Matthew 4:24

  And the report about him went out into all Syria; and they brought to him all those who were ill, afflicted with various diseases and torments, the demon-possessed and the moonstruck and paralytics, and he healed them.

• Matthew 8:16

  When evening came, they brought to him many who were possessed by demons; and he drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill,

• Matthew 9:12

  But he, hearing it, said, “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.

• Matthew 14:35

  And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent word into all that surrounding region, and they brought to him all who were ill,

• Matthew 15:22

  And look, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

• Matthew 17:15

  and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is moonstruck and suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

• Matthew 21:41

  They say to him, “He will destroy those wretches wretchedly, and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

• Mark 1:32

  When evening came, when the sun set, they were bringing to him all who were ill and those who were possessed by demons.

• Mark 1:34

  And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, and he would not let the demons speak, because they knew him.

• Mark 2:17

  And hearing it, Jesus says to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

• Mark 6:55

  and ran around all that region and began to carry the sick on their mats to wherever they heard that he was.

• Luke 5:31

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick.

• Luke 7:2

  Now a certain centurion’s slave, who was highly valued by him, was sick and was about to die.

• John 18:23

  Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify about the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike me?”

• Acts 23:5

  And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

• James 4:3

  You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.