κακοῦργος
kakourgos · criminal
Greek word · Strong’s number G2557 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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kakourgos (κακοῦργος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “criminal”.
Wrongdoer.
How to say it
ka·kour·gos
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
- A criminal condemned for his crimes.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- criminals ×3
- criminal ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 23:32
And two others, criminals, were also being led with him to be put to death.
- Luke 23:33
And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.
- Luke 23:39
And one of the criminals who were hanging there was blaspheming him, saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
- 2 Timothy 2:9
for which I suffer hardship even to chains as a criminal; but the word of God is not bound.