ΚΑΚΟΤΕΧΝΗΣΩΜΕΝ, κακοτεχνησωμεν
KAKOTECHNĒSŌMEN, kakotechnēsōmen
Sounds Like: kah-koh-TEKH-nee-SOH-men
Translations: we may do evil, we may act maliciously, we may plot evil, we may contrive evil
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΤΕΧΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning to do evil, to act maliciously, or to plot evil. It describes the act of using skill or artifice for harmful or wicked purposes. It implies a deliberate and often cunning intent to cause harm or distress.
Inflection: First Person Plural, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive
Strong’s number: G2558 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 7:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΟΤΕΧΝΕΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΚΟΤΕΧΝΟΥΣΑΙ — practicing evil arts, practicing evil skills, devising evil, doing evil, using evil cunning
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