2001 Translation

KAKOU, kakou

Sounds Like: ka-KOO

Translations: (of) evil, (of) harm, (of) bad, (of) wickedness, (of) trouble, (of) misfortune

From the root: ΚΑΚΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective

Explanation: This word refers to something that is bad, evil, or harmful. As a noun, it can mean evil, harm, or trouble. As an adjective, it describes something as bad or wicked. In the provided examples, it is used in the genitive case, often after the preposition 'ἀπὸ' (from), indicating 'from evil' or 'from harm'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter

Strong’s number: G2556 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:292

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:41

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 17:3, 22:3, 22:4, 57:7

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 9:27, 33:14, 33:15, 36:27, 120:7
• Proverbs — 1:33, 3:7, 14:16, 15:27, 25:19
• Job — 2:3
• Wisdom — 14:27, 15:12, 16:8
• Sirach — 33:14
• John — 18:23
• Romans — 12:17, 12:21
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:15
• Hebrews — 5:14
• 1 Peter — 3:9, 3:10, 3:11

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:42, 1:46, 1:50, 18:273
• Book 2 — 4:44, 4:51, 7:191, 14:295, 14:300
• Book 3 — 8:219
• Book 4 — 3:50, 6:128, 6:151
• Book 5 — 8:302, 8:306
• Book 7 — 4:84, 8:177
• Book 9 — 10:212
• Book 10 — 3:39, 7:128
• Book 14 — 13:328
• Book 15 — 3:58, 3:62, 9:299, 9:302, 9:304
• Book 16 — 3:81
• Book 17 — 5:92, 5:98, 9:218, 10:263
• Book 18 — 3:68, 6:175, 6:197, 9:350
• Book 19 — 1:118, 1:160, 4:265

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Seven — 8:102, 11:17

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 2:2, 4:3

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 4:9

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Samuel — 19:35
• 1 Kings — 3:9
• 2 Maccabees — 1:25
• Psalms — 9:27, 33:14, 33:15, 36:27, 120:7
• Psalms of Solomon — 15:6, 17:19
• Proverbs — 1:33, 3:7, 14:16, 15:27, 25:19
• Job — 2:3
• Wisdom — 14:27, 15:12, 16:8
• Sirach — 36:14

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• John — 18:23
• Romans — 12:17, 12:21
• 1 Thessalonians — 5:15
• Hebrews — 5:14
• 1 Peter — 3:9, 3:10, 3:11

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
• 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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