ΚΑΚΟΝ, κακον
KAKON, kakon
Sounds Like: KAH-kon
Translations: evil, bad, harmful, wicked, a bad thing, an evil thing, a wrong, a misfortune, a disaster
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something that is bad, evil, or harmful. It can refer to moral wickedness, physical harm, or general poor quality. When used as a substantive (like a noun), it refers to an evil thing, a wrong, or a misfortune. It can be used to describe actions, intentions, or conditions.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2556 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:1
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 56:8
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 30:15
- Tobit — 8:14, 12:7
- 1 Maccabees — 7:15, 9:71
- Psalms — 14:3
- Proverbs — 3:30, 30:11, 30:12, 30:13, 30:14
- Job — 4:12, 5:19
- Sirach — 18:8, 31:13, 33:1, 37:18
- Isaiah — 7:16
- Jeremiah — 7:6, 49:6
- Luke — 23:22
- John — 18:30
- Acts of the Apostles — 16:28, 23:9
- Romans — 7:19, 7:21, 12:17, 12:21, 13:4, 14:20
- 2 Corinthians — 13:7
- 1 Thessalonians — 5:15
- James — 3:8
- 1 Peter — 3:9
- 3 John — 1:11
- Revelation — 16:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 1:37
- Book 2 — 3:29, 6:93, 10:242
- Book 3 — 1:21, 12:274
- Book 5 — 8:240, 8:250
- Book 6 — 11:211, 13:315, 14:329, 14:353
- Book 7 — 2:51, 10:235, 13:324
- Book 8 — 13:332
- Book 9 — 3:32, 4:58, 4:90, 5:96
- Book 10 — 6:91, 7:124
- Book 11 — 6:263
- Book 12 — 9:376
- Book 13 — 7:85
- Book 15 — 10:356
- Book 16 — 3:68
- Book 18 — 1:6, 9:318, 9:328
- Book 20 — 5:113, 8:161
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 4:1, 44:1
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:5, 27:5, 43:6, 66:3, 93:1, 137:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Polycarp of Smyrna
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 24:50, 26:29
- Numbers — 14:23, 32:11
- Deuteronomy — 1:39, 30:15
- 2 Samuel — 19:7
- Tobit — 8:14, 12:7, 12:7
- 1 Maccabees — 7:15, 9:71
- 4 Maccabees — 11:5
- Psalms — 14:3, 55:6
- Proverbs — 3:30, 24:34, 24:35, 24:36, 24:37
- Ecclesiastes — 4:17
- Job — 4:12, 5:19
- Sirach — 7:1, 18:8, 34:13, 36:1, 37:18
- Isaiah — 7:16
- Jeremiah — 7:6, 49:6
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:33
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 13:10
- Micah — 7:3
- Malachi — 1:8
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 4 — 3:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 27:23
- Mark — 15:14
- Luke — 23:22
- John — 18:30
- Acts — 16:28, 23:9, 28:5
- Romans — 2:9, 7:19, 7:21, 12:17, 12:21, 13:4, 13:10, 14:20, 16:19
- 1 Corinthians — 13:5
- 2 Corinthians — 13:7
- 1 Thessalonians — 5:15
- James — 3:8
- 1 Peter — 3:9
- 3 John — 1:11
- Revelation — 16:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΙΚΑΚ — unknown
- ΚΑΚ — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, a bad thing, evil thing, a wicked thing, a harmful thing
- ΚΑΚΑ — evil things, bad things, evils, misfortunes, troubles, a bad thing, an evil thing
- ΚΑΚΑΙ — evil, bad, wicked, harmful, a bad thing, a wicked thing
- ΚΑΚΑΣ — evil, bad, wicked, base, worthless, harmful, of evil, of bad, of wicked, of base, of worthless, of harmful
- ΚΑΚΗ — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, a bad (thing), a wicked (thing)
- ΚΑΚΗΝ — bad, evil, harmful, wicked, a bad, an evil
- ΚΑΚΗΣ — of evil, of bad, of wicked, of harmful, of worthless
- ΚΑΚΙΑ — evil, an evil, malice, a malice, wickedness, a wickedness, depravity, a depravity, trouble, a trouble
- ΚΑΚΙΝΑ — malice, wickedness, evil, a maliciousness, an evil
- ΚΑΚΙΝΟΙΣ — to/for evil ones, to/for wicked ones, to/for harmful things
- ΚΑΚΙΝΟΝ — evil, bad, worthless, a bad thing, a worthless thing
- ΚΑΚΙΟΝ — worse, more evil, more wicked, a worse thing, a more evil thing, a more wicked thing
- ΚΑΚΙΟΥΣ — worse, more evil, more wicked
- ΚΑΚΙΣΤΑ — worst, most wickedly, most evilly, most badly
- ΚΑΚΙΣΤΕ — most evil, worst, vilest, most wicked
- ΚΑΚΙΣΤΟΙ — worst, most evil, most wicked, most base, most vile
- ΚΑΚΙΣΤΟΝ — worst, most evil, most wicked, a worst thing, the worst thing
- ΚΑΚΙΣΤΟΣ — worst, most evil, most wicked, most base
- ΚΑΚΙΣΤΟΥ — of the worst, of the most evil, of the most wicked, of the most base
- ΚΑΚΙΣΤΟΥΣ — worst, most evil, most wicked, most base
- ΚΑΚΙΣΤΩΝ — of the worst, of the most evil, of the most wicked
- ΚΑΚΙΩΝ — worse, more evil, inferior, more wicked
- ΚΑΚΟΙ — evil, bad, wicked, harmful, base, worthless
- ΚΑΚΟΙΣ — (to) evils, (to) bad things, (to) bad people, (for) evils, (for) bad things, (for) bad people
- ΚΑΚΟΣ — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, ill, base, worthless
- ΚΑΚΟΥ — (of) evil, (of) harm, (of) bad, (of) wickedness, (of) trouble, (of) misfortune
- ΚΑΚΟΥΣ — bad, evil, wicked
- ΚΑΚΩ — to evil, for evil, by evil, with evil, to a bad thing, for a bad thing, by a bad thing, with a bad thing, to harm, to afflict, to treat badly, to do evil
- ΚΑΚΩΝ — (of) bad things, (of) evils, (of) calamities, (of) troubles
- ΚΑΚΩΣ — badly, wrongly, wickedly, ill, severely
- ΧΕΙΡΙΣΤΑ — worst, the worst, very bad, most evil, most wicked
- ΧΕΙΡΙΣΤΟΥΣ — worst, most evil, most wicked
- ΧΕΙΡΙΣΤΩ — worst, most badly, most wickedly
- ΧΕΙΡΟΝΕΣ — worse, more evil, inferior
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