To harm
ἀδικέωStrong’s G0091adikeō
Appears in 24 verses of the New Testament
In short
Adikeō is the Greek word usually translated “harm”, “do wrong” and “may injure”. It appears in 24 verses of the New Testament.
“If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;”
Meaning
Usually translated “harm”, “do wrong” and “may injure”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to harm 3
- i do wrong 2
- may injure 1
- being wronged 1
- wrong 1
- mistreating 1
- i have done wrong 1
- suffer wrong 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 9
- Acts 5
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:13In contextAnd shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
- Matthew 20:13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
- Luke 10:19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
- Acts 7:24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
- Acts 7:26And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
- Acts 7:27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Greek dictionary
ἀδικέω adikeō · to harm
ἀδικέω, -ῶ (ἄδικος), [in LXX for עשׁק, עוה, etc. ;] 1. intrans., to be ἄδικος, do wrong, act wickedly or criminally: Act.25:11, 1Co.6:8, 2Co.7:12, Col.3:25, Rev.22:11; to do hurt, Rev.9:19. 2. Trans. (a) to do some wrong: ὃ ἠδίκησεν, Col.3:25; to wrong some one, Mat.20:13, Act.7:26, 27 25:10, 2Co.7:2, Gal.4:12, Phm 18, 2Pe.2:13; pass., Act.7:24, 2Co.7:12; mid., 1Co.6:7 (suffer . . . to be wronged; WM, §38, 3; but see Bl., §54, 5; and cf. ἀποστερέω); (b) to injure, hurt: Luk.10:19 Rev.2:11 6:6 7:2, 3 9:4,10 11:5. † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “harm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ARM, noun
- Injury; hurt; damage; detriment.“Do thyself no harm” Acts 16:28“He shall make amends for the harm he hath done in the holy thing” Leviticus 5:16
- Moral wrong; evil; mischief; wickedness; a popular sense of the word.
All definitions and other forms of “harm”
H'ARM, verb transitive
To hurt; to injure; to damage; to impair soundness of body, either animal or vegetable.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.