ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΑΙ, κακοποιησαι
KAKOPOIĒSAI, kakopoiēsai
Sounds Like: kah-koh-poy-EE-say
Translations: to do evil, to do wrong, to harm, to injure
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'κακός' (kakos), meaning 'bad' or 'evil', and 'ποιέω' (poieō), meaning 'to do' or 'to make'. Therefore, it literally means 'to do evil' or 'to do bad things'. It is used to describe actions that are harmful, malicious, or morally wrong, often with an implication of causing injury or distress to others.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2554 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 123:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 31:7, 31:29
- Leviticus — 5:4
- Numbers — 35:23
- 1 Samuel — 25:34
- Ezra (Alpha) — 6:32
- Esther — 1:1
- Jeremiah — 4:22
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, ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΑ — I did evil, I did harm, I did wrong, I harmed, I injured
- ἘΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΕ — you did evil, you did harm, you mistreated, you injured
- ἘΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΕΝ — he did evil, he did harm, he did wrong, he committed evil, he injured
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΕΙ — to do evil, to do harm, to do wrong, to be a malefactor
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΕΙΝ — to do evil, to do harm, to harm, to injure
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΕ — did evil, did harm, harmed, injured, wrought evil
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΕΙ — he will do evil, he will do wrong, he will harm, he will injure
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΤΕ — do evil, do harm, do wrong, harm, injure
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will do evil, they will harm, they will injure, they will do wrong
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΩ — I will do evil, I will harm, I will do wrong, I will injure
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΩΣΙΝ — do evil, do harm, harm, injure
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΟΥΝΤΑΣ — doing evil, doing harm, evildoers, those who do evil
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΟΥΣΙ — they do evil, they do wrong, they harm, they injure
- ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΩΝ — evildoer, one who does evil, malefactor, a wrongdoer
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