Quick Definition
I treat badly
Strong's Definition
to injure; figuratively, to exasperate
Derivation: from G2556 (κακός);
KJV Usage: make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κακόω, κακῷ: future κακώσω; 1 aorist ἐκάκωσα; (κακός);
1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat: τινα, Act_7:6; Act_7:19; Act_12:1; Act_18:10; 1Pe_3:13 (Exo_5:22; Exo_23:9 Alex.; in Greek writings from Homer down).
2. by a usage foreign to the classics, to embitter (Vulg.ad iracundiam concito); render evil affected (Psa_105:32 (); Josephus, Antiquities 16, 1, 2; 7, 3; 8, 6): τήν ψυχήν τίνος κατά τίνος, against one, Act_14:2.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κακόω kakoō 6x
to harm, mistreat, cause evil to, oppress, Act_7:6 ; Act_7:19 ; Act_12:1 ; Act_18:10 ; 1Pe_3:13 ; in NT to make angry, embitter, Act_14:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κακόω , -ῶ
( < κακός ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7489 hi ., H6030 pi .;]
1. to ill-treat, afflict, distress: c . acc pers ., Act_7:6 ; Act_7:19 ; Act_12:1 ; Act_18:10 , 1Pe_3:13 .
2. (not in cl .), to embitter ( Psa_106:32 ): Act_14:2 ,†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κακόω [page 317]
Michel 1001 viii. 8 ( c. B.C. 200) εἲ τῶν τοῦ κοινοῦ τι κακῶσαι ἢ διελέσθαι ἢ τοῦ ἀρχαίου τι καταχρήσασθαι . The verb is used intransitively in P Tebt II. 407 .9 (A.D. 199?) εὖ ποιήσεις ] μὴ κακώσασα , you will do well not to interfere (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κακόω κα^κόω, φυτ. -ώσω [Etym: κακός] of persons, "to treat ill, maltreat, afflict, distress", Hom. , Aesch. , etc.:—Pass. "to suffer ill, be in ill plight, be distressed", Hom. , etc.; κεκακωμένος ἁλμῇ "befouled" with brine, Od. of things, "to spoil, ruin", Hdt. , Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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,†
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