κακόω
kakoō
“to harm”
Definition
to injure; figuratively, to exasperate
from G2556 (κακός);
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
κακόω appears 6 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
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