Kakourgos κακοῦργος

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Kakourgos
κακοῦργος
Transliterationkakourgos
Strong's numberG2557
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glosscriminal
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inLuke (3)

Kakourgos (Greek κακοῦργος, Strong's G2557) is a Greek adjective meaning “criminal”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

κακοῦργος, -ον
(contr. from epic κακόεργος), [in LXX. Pro.21:15 (אָוֶן, פָּעַל), Est.8:13, Sir.11:33 33:26 (Sir.33:26)* ;]
a malefactor, criminal: Luk.23:32-33, 39, 2Ti.2:9.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmalefactors (3), doer (1)
BSBcriminals (3), criminal (1)

Verses

Every verse with Kakourgos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

2 Timothy

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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