ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΣ, κακουργος
KAKOURGOS, kakourgos
Sounds Like: ka-KOOR-gos
Translations: evildoer, malefactor, criminal, villain, a criminal, a villain
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΣ, ΕΡΓΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'κακός' (bad, evil) and 'ἔργον' (work, deed). It refers to someone who commits evil deeds or is involved in criminal activity. It can be used as a noun to describe a person who is a criminal or a malefactor, or as an adjective to describe something as evil-doing or villainous.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G2557 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Timothy — 2:9
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 5:83
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 56:290
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Timothy — 2:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΟΣ, ΕΡΓΟΝ.
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.
- ΚΑΚΟΕΡΓΟΝ — evil-doer, evildoer, a wicked person, a criminal, an evil deed, a bad work
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