To harm
κακόωStrong’s G2559kakoō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kakoō is the Greek word usually translated “mistreat”, “mistreated” and “poisoned”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.”
Meaning
Usually translated “mistreat”, “mistreated” and “poisoned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they will mistreat 1
- he mistreated 1
- to mistreat 1
- they poisoned 1
- to harm 1
- will harm 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
- 1 Peter 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
- Acts 12:1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
- Acts 14:2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
- Acts 18:10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
- 1 Peter 3:13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
Greek dictionary
κακόω kakoō · to harm
κακόω, -ῶ (κακός), [in LXX chiefly for רָעַע hi., עָנָה pi. ;] 1. to ill-treat, afflict, distress: with accusative of person(s), Act.7:6, 19 12:1 18:10, 1Pe.3:13. 2. (not in cl.), to embitter (Psa.106:32): Act.14:2,† (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.