Adikeō ἀδικέω

Adikeō (Greek ἀδικέω, Strong's G91) is a Greek verb meaning “to harm”. It occurs 28 times in 24 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Matthew

• Matthew 20:13
  But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

Luke

• Luke 10:19
  Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.

Acts

• Acts 7:24
  And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
• Acts 7:26
  And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
• Acts 7:27
  But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
• Acts 25:10
  Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
• Acts 25:11
  For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 6:7
  Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
• 1 Corinthians 6:8
  Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 7:2
  Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
• 2 Corinthians 7:12
  Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

Galatians

• Galatians 4:12
  Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.

Colossians

• Colossians 3:25
  But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.

Philemon

• Philemon 1:18
  If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:13
  And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

Revelation

• Revelation 2:11
  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
• Revelation 6:6
  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
• Revelation 7:2
  And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:
• Revelation 7:3
  Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
• Revelation 9:4
  And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
• Revelation 9:10
  And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
• Revelation 9:19
  For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
• Revelation 11:5
  And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
• Revelation 22:11
  He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”

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).