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Name of God’s Son

ΚΑΚΩΝ, κακων

KAKŌN, kakōn

Sounds Like: kah-KOHN

Translations: (of) bad things, (of) evils, (of) calamities, (of) troubles

From the root: ΚΑΚΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective 'ΚΑΚΟΣ', meaning 'bad' or 'evil'. When used substantively, as it often is in the genitive plural, it refers to 'evils', 'calamities', or 'troubles'. It describes things that are harmful, morally corrupt, or cause distress. It can be used to describe the source or nature of something negative.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter

Strong’s number: G2556 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Unknown: Yes

Instances

Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
  • Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:5, 1:7
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 7:2
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 3:1
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
  • First Apology of Justin Martyr — 9:1, 16:1, 28:1
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 115:6
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Mathetes
  • Letter to Diognetus — 9:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
  • Mandate 5 — 2:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

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
  • ΚΑΚΟΝ — evil, bad, harmful, wicked, a bad thing, an evil thing, a wrong, a misfortune, a disaster
  • 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
  • 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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