ΚΑΚΩΣἘΠΕΒΟΗΘΟΥΝ, κακωσἐπεβοηθουν
KAKŌSEPEBOĒTHOUN, kakōsepeboēthoun
Sounds Like: kah-KOS-eh-peh-boh-THOO-oon
Translations: they helped badly, they helped poorly, they helped in a bad way, they assisted badly, they assisted poorly
From the root: ΚΑΚΩΣ, ΕΠΙ, ΒΟΗΘΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Adverb
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the adverb ΚΑΚΩΣ (kakos), meaning 'badly' or 'poorly', and the verb ἘΠΕΒΟΗΘΟΥΝ (epeboethoun), which means 'they were helping' or 'they were assisting'. The full compound describes an action of helping or assisting that was done in a bad, poor, or ineffective manner. It implies that the assistance provided was detrimental or insufficient.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s numbers: G2560 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1909 (Lookup on BibleHub), G997 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:97
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΚΑΚΩΣ, ΕΠΙ, ΒΟΗΘΕΩ, appear in our texts.
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