κακοποιέω
kakopoieō
“to do evil/harm”
Definition
to be a bad-doer, i.e. (objectively) to injure, or (genitive) to sin
from G2555 (κακοποιός);
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
κακοποιέω appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”But they were silent.
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