Quick Definition
κακόω v. I treat badly
Strong's Definition
from 2556; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate
KJV Usage: make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἄκακος · ἐγκακέω · κακία · κακοήθεια · κακολογέω · κακοπάθεια · κακοποιέω · κακός · κακοῦργος · κακουχέομαι · κακῶς · κάκωσις · συγκακοπαθέω · συγκακουχέομαι
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.’
88.200 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Hate, Hateful
Collocation: κακόω τὴν ψυχὴν κατά
to turn someone against, to cause to dislike (an idiom, literally: to cause a person’s attitude to be bad against) to cause someone to have hostile feelings of dislike toward someone
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κακόω, -@: fut. κακώσω; 1 aor. ἐκάκωσα; (κακός); 1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat: τινά, Acts vii. 6, 19; xii. 1; xviii. 10; 1 Pet. iii. 13, (Ex. v. 22; xxiii.9 Alex.; in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down). 2. by a usage foreign to the classics, to embitter (Vulg. ad iracundiam concuo\; render evil affected, (Ps. cv. (cvi.) 32; Joseph. antt. 16, 1, 2; 7,3; 8, 6): τὴν ψυχήν τινος κατά τινος, against one, Acts xiv. 2.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κακόω kakoō 6x
to harm, mistreat, cause evil to, oppress, Acts 7:6, 19; 12:1; 18:10; 1 Pet. 3:13; in NT to make angry, embitter, Acts 14:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κακόω, -ῶ
(< κακός), [in LXX chiefly for רעע hi., ענה pi.;]
to ill-treat, afflict, distress: c. acc. pers., Ac 7:6, 19 12:1 18:10, I Pe 3:13.
(not in cl.), to embitter (Ps 105 (106):32): Ac 14:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κακόω. Michel toori.8 (c, B.c. 200) et τῶν τοῦ κοινοῦ τι κακῶσαι ἢ διελέσθαι ἢ τοῦ ἀρχαίου τι καταχρήσασθαι. The verb is used intransitively in P Tebt II. 407® (a.p. 199?) εὖ ποιήces] μὴ κακώσασα, “you will do well not to interfere ’’ (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κακόω (kakoō) — to harm. κᾰκόω, maltreat, distress, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] always of persons, κεκακωμένοι ἐν Πύλῳ ἦμεν, ἐλθὼν γάρ ῥ᾽ ἐκάκωσε βίη Ἡρακληείη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μηδὲ.. κάκου κεκακωμένον afflict not the afflicted, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. [θεὸς] δῶμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in passive, to be in ill plight, be distressed, κεκακωμένος ἅλμῃ befouled with brine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. of things, spoil, ruin, τὰ κοινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the air, injure a plant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: Astrology texts, render unpropitious, Vett. Val.[Refs]injure, paralyse, τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν νεύρων [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, κακοῦται πᾶν τὸ σκέλος deteriorates, [Refs 5th c.BC+]