evil/harm: evil

Greek Adjective

κακός, -ή, -όν [in LXX chiefly for רַע;] 1) in general, opposite to ἀγαθός, καλός, in various senses, bad, mean, base, worthless (cl.). 2) In ethical sense, base, evil, wicked: of persons, Mat.21:41 24:48, Php.3:2, Rev.2:2; διαλογισμοί, Mrk.7:21; ὁμιλίαι, 1Co.15:33; ἐπιθυμία (Pro.12:12), Col.3:5; ἔργον, Rom.13:3; neut, κακόν, τὸ κ, evil: Jhn.18:23, Act.23:9, Rom.7:21 14:20 16:19, 1Co.13:5, Heb.5:14, 1Pe.3:10-11, 3Jn.11; pl, Rom.1:30, 1Co.10:6, 1Ti.6:10, Jas.1:13; κ. (τὸ, τὰ κ.) ποιεῖν (πράσσειν), Mat.27:23, Mrk.15:14, Luk.23:22, Jhn.18:30, Rom.3:8 7:19 13:4, 2Co.13:7, 1Pe.3:12; κατεργάζεσθαι, Rom.2:9; of wrongs inflicted, Act.9:13, Rom.12:17, 21 13:10, 1Th.5:15, 2Ti.4:14, 1Pe.3:9. 3) pernicious, harmful, evil: Luk.16:25, Act.16:28 28:5, Tit.1:12, Jas.3:8, Rev.16:2 (Cremer, 325, 741). SYN.: see: (ἄθεσμος) (AS)

evil/harm: evil

Greek Adjective

κᾰκός, ή, όν, A) bad: A.I) of persons, A.I.1) of appearance, ugly, εἶδος μὲν ἔην κακός [Refs 8th c.BC+] A.I.2) of birth, ill-born, mean, γένος ἐστὲ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων, ἐπεὶ οὔ κε κακοὶ τοιούσδε τέκοιεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] A.I.3) of courage, craven, base, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἕκτωρ σε κ. καὶ ἀνάλκιδα φήσει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδαμῶν κακίονες[Refs 5th c.BC+] A.I.4) bad of his kind, i. e. worthless, sorry, unskilled, ἡνίοχοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [τοξότης] ἢ κ. ἢ ἀγαθός[Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἀλήτης a bad beggar,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; κυβερνήτης, ναύτης, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I am not bad in all things, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, κ. μανθάνειν [Refs]; [νῆσος] φυτεύεσθαι κακή [Refs]; compare 11. A.I.5) in moral sense, base, evil, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to Χρηστός, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.I.6) wretched, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] A.II) of things, evil, pernicious, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Χόλος, ἔρις, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόλεμος, ἔπος, ἔργα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦμαρ, ἄνεμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of omens and the like, unlucky, ὄρνις, ὄναρ, σῆμα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of words, abusive, foul, κ. λόγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ποιμήν, i.e. the storm, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: Astrology texts, unlucky, τόποι [Refs 4th c.AD+]; κ. τύχη, name for the sixth region, [Refs 4th c.AD+] B) κακόν, τό, and κακά, τά, as substantive, evil, ill, δίδου δ᾽ ἀγαθόν τε κακόν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so κ. ἄμαχον, ἄπρηκτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔκπαγλον, ἄφερτον, ἀμήχανον, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακὸν ἥκει τινί there's trouble in store for some one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν the least of two evils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακῶν Ἰλιάς, see at {Ἰλιά; κακόν τι ῥέξαι τινά} to do harm or ill to any one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κακὰ φέρειν, τεύχειν τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κακόν τι (or κακὰ) ποιεῖν τινα (see. δράω, ποιέω, ἐργάζομαι); κακὸν πάσχειν ὑπό τινος to suffer evil from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.2) κακά, τά, evil words, reproaches, πολλά τε καὶ κακὰ λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.3) Philos, κακόν, τό, Evil, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] B.4) of a person, pest, nuisance, τουτὶ παρέξει τὸ κ. ἡμῖν πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, comically, ὅσον συνείλεκται κακὸν ὀρνέων what a devil of a lot of birds, [Refs] C) degrees of Comparison: C.1) regular comparative in Epic dialect, κακώτερος [Refs 8th c.BC+]: also in late Prose, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: irregular κακίων, ον [with ῐ], [Refs 8th c.BC+], with ῑ in Trag, except [Refs 5th c.BC+] C.2) superlative κάκιστος [Refs 8th c.BC+] D) adverb κακῶς ill, ἢ εὖ ἦε κακῶς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κακῶς ποιεῖν τινα to treat one ill; κακῶς ποιεῖν τι to hurt, damage a thing; κακῶς ποιεῖν τινά τι to do one any evil or harm; κ. πράσσειν to fare ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of illness, [NT+4th c.BC+]; Χρῆν Κανδαύλῃ γενέσθαι κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with play on two senses, ὡς κ. ἔχει ἅπας ἰατρός, ἂν κ. μηδεὶς ἔχῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. ἐρεῖν τινά, λέγειν τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. εἰδότες, ={ἀγνοοῦντες}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακῶς ἐκπέφευγα I have barely escaped, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative κάκιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative κάκιστα [Refs 5th c.BC+] D.2) adverb and adjective frequently coupled in Trag, Attic dialect, etc, κακὸν κακῶς νιν. ἐκτρῖψαι βίον [NT+5th c.BC+]; in reversed order, ὥσπερ ἀξία κακῶς κακὴ θανεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with intervening words, κακῶς. ἀπόλλυσθαι κακούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Perh. cognate with Avest. kasu-, comparative kasyah-, superlative kasišta- 'small', Lithuanian nukašëti 'grow feeble, thin', [Refs 1st c.BC+] hager.)

Greek

Adjective

worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas g4190 (πονηρός) properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious; bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked; apparently a primary word