ΚΑΚΟΣ, κακος
KAKOS, kakos
Sounds Like: KAH-koss
Translations: bad, evil, wicked, harmful, ill, base, worthless
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as morally bad, wicked, or harmful. It can also refer to something that is of poor quality or worthless. It is used to qualify nouns, indicating a negative characteristic or state.
Inflection: Nominative, Masculine or Feminine, Singular
Strong’s number: G2556 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:3
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 43:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 24:48
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
- 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
- ΚΑΚΩΝ — (of) bad things, (of) evils, (of) calamities, (of) troubles
- 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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