Strong's Greek · G2554
G2554 kakopoiéō
κακοποιέω
kak-op-oy-eh'-o
to do evil/harm
Looking for Hebrew H2554 châmaç? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G2554. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
kakopoiéō appears 4 times in Scripture, in Mark, Luke, 1 Peter and 3 John. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to be a bad-doer, i.e. (objectively) to injure, or (genitive) to sin
In the King James Version
do(ing) evil
Derivation
from G2555 (κακοποιός);
Appears 4 times in Scripture
“For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.”
“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.”
“And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.”
“Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
