Lexicon kakourgos: a criminal Original Word: κακοῦργος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kakourgos Phonetic Spelling: (kak-oor'-gos) Short Definition: a criminal Definition: (lit: an evil-worker), a criminal. HELPS word-Studies 2557 kakoúrgos (from 2556 /kakós, "a malignant disposition") – "a malefactor; a technical word implying criminality. William Ramsay noted this term "marks exactly the tone of the Neronian period, and . . . refers expressly to the flagitia, for which the Christians were condemned under Nero, and for which they were no longer condemned in ad 112" (WS). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kakos and the same as ergonDefinitiona criminal NASB Translationcriminal (1), criminals (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2557: κακοῦργοςκακοῦργος, κακουργον (contracted from κακοεργος, from κακόν and ἘΡΓΩ; cf. πανοῦργος, and on the accent of both see Göttling, Lehre v. Accent, p. 321; ( Chandler § 445)), as a substantive, a malefactor: 2 Timothy 2:9; of a robber, Luke 23:32f (cf. Winers Grammar, 530 (493); Buttmann, § 150, 3), 39. ( Proverbs 21:15; in Greek writings from ( Sophocles and) Herodotus down.)
Strong's a criminal From kakos and the base of ergon; a wrong-doer, i.e. Criminal -- evil-doer, malefactor. see GREEK kakos see GREEK ergon |
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