Quick Definition
κακοποιέω v. I do harm, do wrong
Strong's Definition
from 2555; to be a bad-doer, i.e. (objectively) to injure, or (genitive) to sin
KJV Usage: do(ing) evil
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κακόω + ποιέω
88.112 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging
to do evil, to do wrong to do that which is evil or wrong For another interpretation of κακοποιέω in MRK 3:4, see 20.12.
20.12 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Harm, Wound
to harm, to hurt, to injure to cause harm or injury to someone or something (a highly generic meaning involving a wide range of harm and injury) In translating terms meaning ‘to harm’ or ‘to injure,’ it may be necessary to specify suffering, for example, ‘to cause people to suffer’ or ‘to cause people to have pain.’
For another interpretation of κακοποιέω in MRK 3:4, see 88.112.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κακο-ποιέω, -@ ; 1 aor. inf. κακοποιησαι; (κακοποιός); 1. to ao harm: ΜΕ. iii. 4; Lk. vi. 9. 2. to do evil, do 0 κακοω wrong: 1 Pet.iii.17; 8 ὅπ.11. ([Aeschyl., Arstph., Xen., Polyb., Antonin., Plut.; Sept.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κακοποιέω kakopoieō 4x
to cause evil, injure, do harm, Mk. 3:4; Lk. 6:9; to do evil, commit sin, 1 Pet. 3:17; 3 Jn. 11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κακο-ποιέω, ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for רעע hi.;]
to do harm, to do evil: Mk 3:4, Lk 6:9, I Pe 3:17, III Jo 11 (Cremer, 329).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κακοποιέω. The wider sense of evil-doing from a moral point of view, as in I Pet 317, 3 Jn, may be illustrated by P Hib I. 591° (c. B.C. 245) εἰ ph παύσει κ[α]κοποῶν ἐν τῆι κώμη[ι] μεταμελή[σἼει σοι, ‘if you do not stop your malpractices in the village you will repent it” (Edd.). P Ryl 11. 4377 (i/a.D.) ἐὰν κακοποιοί--Ἴ kal ἄπρακτα t[—] εἰς πλοῖον ἐλ is too fragmentary to enable us to determine the exact force, but it seems to point to a more restricted sense ‘‘injure,”’ “do harm to,’’ as in the few occurrences of the verb in class. literature, and in Sy// 6531 (B.c. 91) ἐχέτω δὲ ἐπιμέλειαν ὃ ἀγορανόμος Kal περὶ Tod ὕδατος, ὅπως .. - - μηθεὶς KaKoποιεῖ μήτε [τὸ] πλῆμα μήτε τοὺς ὀχετούς, 10. 893." (1i/A.D.) εἰ δέ τις τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν ἐκκόψῃ ἐκ τῆς παραστά[δο]ς ἢ αὐτὴν ἄρῃ ἢ κακο[ποι]ήσῃ, δώσ(ε)ν κτλ. See also Aristeas 164 πάντα γὰρ λυμαίνονται καὶ κακοποιοῦσι μύες οὐ μόνον πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτῶν τροφήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς τὸ παντελῶς ἄχρηστον γίνεσϑαι ἀνθρώπῳ, ὅ τι ἂν δηποτοῦν ἐπιβάληται κακοποιεῖν, and Musonius p. 3217 εὐεργετοῦνται μὲν οἱ ἀξιούμενοι τῶν ὠφελίμων καὶ συμφερόντων, κακοποιοῦνται δὲ οἱ ἐμβαλλόμενοι τοῖς ἀσυμφόροις καὶ βλαβεροῖς. , κακοπτοιίος
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κακοποιέω (kakopoieō) — to do evil/harm. κᾰκοποι-έω, do ill, play the knave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; manage one's affairs ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. transitive, do mischief to, injure, πολλὰ μὲν τὴν βασιλέως Χώραν κ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs]