ἘΚΑΚΟΥΝ, ἐκακουν
EKAKOUN, ekakoun
Sounds Like: eh-KAH-koon
Translations: they were harming, they were afflicting, they were mistreating, they were doing evil to
From the root: ΚΑΚΌΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes an action of harming, afflicting, or mistreating others. It is in the imperfect tense, indicating a continuous or repeated action in the past. It would be used in a sentence to describe a group of people who were persistently causing trouble or injury to someone or something.
Inflection: Imperfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2559 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΌΩ.
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- ἘΚΑΚΟΥΝΤΟ — they were being ill-treated, they were being afflicted, they were suffering harm, they were being harmed
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