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GreekG2560Adverb

κακῶς

kakōs

16Occurrences
G2560Strong's #
AdverbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

badly (physically or morally)

from G2556 (κακός);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adv., badly, ill; (a) in physical sense: κ. ἔχειν, to be ill ; πάσχειν; δαιμονίζεσθαι; κακοὺς κ. *ἀπολέσει *(as frequently in cl., see LS; MM, Exp., xv), evil that they are, he will evilly, etc.; (b) in moral sense, wrongly (Mac, l.with): κ. λαλεῖν; είπεῖν, with accusative of person(s); αἰτεῖσθαι
LXX: . κ. εἰπεῖν, ἐρεῖν (אָרַר, קָלַל pi.), (27),; κ. ἔχειν (חָלָה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adverb

Morphology Code

G:ADV

Full Description

Greek Adverb

Occurrences

κακῶς appears 16 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
7
Mark
4
Luke
2
Acts
1
James
1
John
1

Key Passages

Acts 23:5BSB

“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ‘Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’”

Luke 5:31BSB

Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Matthew 15:22BSB

And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”

Matthew 4:24BSB

News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.

Mark 1:32BSB

That evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all who were sick and demon-possessed,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.