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G2560 κακῶς (kakōs)
Greek
Adverb
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Quick Definition

badly, evilly

Strong's Definition

badly (physically or morally)

Derivation: from G2556 (κακός);

KJV Usage: amiss, diseased, evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κακῶς (κακός), adverb (from Homer on down), badly, ill, i. e. a. (in a physical sense) miserably: ἔχειν, to be ill, sick (see ἔχω, II. a.), Mat_4:24; Mat_8:16; Mat_9:12; Mat_14:35; (Mat_17:15 L Tr text WH text); Mark (Mar_1:32; Mar_1:34); ; (Mar_6:55); Luk_5:31; Luk_7:2, etc.; πάσχειν, Mat_17:15 (R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); δαιμονίζεσθαι, Mat_15:22; κακούς κακῶς ἀπολέσει, Mat_21:41, on this combination of words with verbs of destroying, perishing, etc., which is frequent in Greek writings also, cf. Kuinoel at the passage; Winers Grammar, § 68, 1. b. (morally) improperly, wrongly: Joh_18:23; κακῶς εἰπεῖν τινα, to speak ill of, revile, one, Act_23:5; with bad intent, αἰτεῖσθαι, Jas_4:3.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κακῶς kakōs 16x ill, badly; physically ill, sick, Mat_4:24 ; Mat_8:16 ; grievously, vehemently, Mat_15:22 ; wretchedly, miserably, Mat_21:41 ; wickedly, reproachfully, Act_23:5 ; wrongly, criminally, Joh_18:23 ; amiss, Jas_4:3 evil; sick; wrong.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κακῶς ( < κακός ), adv. , [in LXX : Wis_18:19 , 4Ma_6:17 . al. ; κ . εἰπεῖν , ἐρεῖν ( H779 , H7043 pi .), Exo_22:28 (27), Lev_19:14 , Isa_8:21 ; κ . ἔχειν ( H2470 , Eze_34:4 , al. ;] badly, ill; (a) in physical sense: κ . ἔχειν , to be ill, Mat_4:24 ; Mat_8:16 ; Mat_9:12 ; Mat_14:35 ; Mat_17:15 , Mar_1:32 ; Mar_1:34 ; Mar_2:17 ; Mar_6:55 ; Mar_5:31 ; Mar_7:2 ; πάσχειν , Mat_17:15 ( WH , mg .); δαιμονίζεσθαι , Mat_15:22 ; κακοὺς κ . ἀπολέσει (as freq . in cl ., v. LS , s.v. ; MM , Exp., xv), evil that they are, he will evilly, etc., Mat_21:41 ; (b) in moral sense, wrongly ( 1Ma_7:42 , 4Mac, l.c ., al. ): κ . λαλεῖν , Joh_18:23 ; είπεῖν , c . acc pers ., Act_23:5 ; αἰτεῖσθαι , Jas_4:8 ,†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κακῶς [page 317] For the phrase κακῶς ἔχειν , as in Mat_4:24 etc., cf. P Oxy VI. 935 .15 (iii/A.D.) ἔμελλον . . ἀναβῆναι . . ἐπε [ὶ οἱ παρὰ ] Σαραπίω [νος ] εἶπον̣ [κακ ]ῶς ἔχειν α̣[ὐ ]τ̣[όν , I intended to come up since Sarapion s friends said that he was ill (Edd.), ib. 938 .5 (iii/iv A.D.) τῶν οὖν κτηνῶν κακῶς ἐχόντων , since, then, the oxen are in a bad way. The combination κακοὺς κακῶς ἀπολέσει αὐτούς in Mat_21:41 sounds rather literary, but cf. ὁ τούτων τι ποιῶν κακὸς κακῇ ἐξωλείᾳ ἀπόλοιτο in Syll 584 .5 f. , which Michel doubtfully assigns to i/B.C. The inscr. is from Smyrna, apparently from a temple of Atargatis, whose sacred fishes are protected by this portentous curse : he who injures them is to die, ἰχθυόβρωτος γενόμενος (cf. the formation of the adj. σκωληκόβρωτος , Act_12:23 ). It seems clear that the collocation κακοὺς κακῶς ἀπολέσθαι , starting as a literary phrase, had been perpetuated in common parlance, like our stock quotations from Shakespeare. Cf. also the inscr. from the Roman catacomb of Priscilla, Kaibel 734 .7 f. ὅ ποτε πλούσιος περὶ τέκνα νῦν κακὸν κακῶς τηρῶν ὡς Τάνταλος κολάζομαι . For other exx. of the adverb see P Petr II. 19(2) .3 (Ptol. ) ἔρρειμαι γὰρ κακῶς διακείμενος ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου , P Oxy X. 1346 (ii/A.D. ?) ἐν τῇ (?)] πόλει γέγναπ̣τ̣α̣ι̣ καὶ κακῶς ἐγνάφη , ib. I. 34 verso iii. 12 (A.D. 127) διὰ ἀπειθίαν κ [ακ ]ῶς ἀφορμὴν ζητοῦντας ἁμαρτημάτω [ν ] τειμωρήσομαι , where Brinkmann (see Kuhring Praep. p. 41 n. .3 ) suggests κ [ακ ]ῶς for the editors κ [αὶ ] ὡς , and ib. 40 .8 (ii/iii A.D.) τάχα κακῶς αὐτοὺς ἐθεράπευσας , of possible wrong medical treatment.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

κακῶς [Etym: adverb of κακός D]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κακῶς (κακός), adv., [in LXX: Wis.18:19, 4Ma.6:17.al.; κ. εἰπεῖν, ἐρεῖν (אָרַר, קָלַל pi.), Exo.22:28 (27), Lev.19:14, Isa.8:21; κ. ἔχειν (חָלָה, Eze.34:4, al. ;] badly, ill; __(a) in physical sense: κ. ἔχειν, to be ill, Mat.4:24 8:16 9:12 14:35 17:15, Mrk.1:32, 34 2:17 6:55 5:31 7:2; πάσχειν, Mat.17:15 (WH, mg.); δαιμονίζεσθαι, Mat.15:22; κακοὺς κ. ἀπολέσει (as frequently in cl., see LS, see word; MM, Exp., xv), evil that they are, he will evilly, etc., Mat.21:41; __(b) in moral sense, wrongly (1Ma.7:42, 4Mac, l.with, al.): κ. λαλεῖν, Jhn.18:23; είπεῖν, with accusative of person(s), Act.23:5; αἰτεῖσθαι, Jas.4:8,† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (16)

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