ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΗΣΑΙ, κακουργησαι
KAKOURGĒSAI, kakourgēsai
Sounds Like: ka-koor-GAY-sai
Translations: to do evil, to be a malefactor, to commit a crime, to act wickedly
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning to do evil, to act as a criminal, or to commit a crime. It describes the action of engaging in harmful or wicked deeds. It is formed from the words 'κακός' (bad, evil) and 'ἔργον' (work, deed).
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2555 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΗΣΕΝ — he acted criminally, he committed evil, he did wrong, he was a malefactor
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΕΙΝ — to do evil, to commit evil, to be a wrongdoer, to be a criminal
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΕΙΣ — you do evil, you commit crimes, you act as a criminal
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be a wrongdoer, to be a criminal, to be an evildoer, to be a malefactor, to be a villain
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΕΩ — to do evil, to be a criminal, to be an evildoer, to commit a crime, to do wrong
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be evilly treated, to be mistreated, to be harmed, to be injured, to be wronged
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be evilly treated, will be harmed, will be mistreated, will be injured
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΗΣΗ — evil-doing, mischief, wrongdoing, a mischief, an evil-doing
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΗΣΟΝΤΕΣ — doing evil, doing wrong, acting wickedly, committing crimes, being a malefactor, being a criminal
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΥΜΕΝΗ — being ill-treated, being mistreated, being evilly treated, being harmed, being punished, being afflicted
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΥΝΤΑ — doing evil, doing wrong, being a wrongdoer, being a criminal, a wrongdoer, a criminal
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΥΝΤΑΣ — doing evil, doing wrong, acting as a criminal, committing crimes
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΟΥΣΙ — they do evil, they commit crimes, they act as evildoers
- ΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΩ — I do evil, I do wrong, I am a criminal, I am a wrongdoer, I am a malefactor
- ΚΕΚΑΚΟΥΡΓΗΚΟΤΕΣ — having done evil, having committed a crime, having acted as a criminal, having been a malefactor
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