ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΙΣ, κακουργοις
KAKOURGOIS, kakourgois
Sounds Like: ka-koor-GOYS
Translations: (to) evildoers, (to) criminals, (to) malefactors
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who commit evil deeds or crimes. It is a compound word formed from 'κακός' (kakos), meaning 'bad' or 'evil', and 'ἔργον' (ergon), meaning 'work' or 'deed'. Thus, it literally means 'one who does evil works'. It is used to describe individuals who are engaged in harmful or wicked activities.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2557 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 21:15
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 2:51
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 21:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΗ — evil, criminal, a criminal, a malefactor, a villain, a wrongdoer
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΙ — evildoers, criminals, malefactors, villains
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΝ — evil, mischievous, a malefactor, a criminal, a wrongdoer, an evil thing, mischief
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΥ — of an evildoer, of a criminal, of a malefactor, of a wrongdoer, of an evil-doer, of a villain, of a scoundrel, of a rascal, of a rogue, of a knave, of a miscreant
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΥΣ — evildoers, malefactors, criminals, villains
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΩΝ — of evildoers, of criminals, of villains, of malefactors
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΩΣ — evilly, maliciously, wickedly, badly
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