κακόω
kakoō · mistreat, harm
Greek word · Strong’s number G2559 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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kakoō (κακόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mistreat, harm”.
Mistreat, do harm to someone; also turn their minds against, embitter.
How to say it
ka·ko·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 treat someone cruelly and cause them suffering.
- Fill others with ill will, set them against.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- harm ×2
- mistreat them ×2
- mistreated ×1
- poisoned ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 7:6
And God spoke thus: that his offspring would be foreigners in a land belonging to others, and they would enslave them and mistreat them four hundred years.
- Acts 7:19
He dealt craftily with our people and mistreated our fathers, making them abandon their infants so that they would not survive.
- Acts 12:1
Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some of those from the assembly to mistreat them.
- Acts 14:2
But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the souls of the nations against the brothers.
- Acts 18:10
because I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
- 1 Peter 3:13
And who is the one who will harm you if you become zealous for what is good?