Strong's Greek · G2557

κακοῦργος

kakoûrgos

evil-doer, malefactor

Definition

a wrong-doer, i.e. criminal

Derivation

from G2556 (κακός) and the base of G2041 (ἔργον);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Luke 23:33

When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

Luke 23:32

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

Luke 23:39

One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”

2 Timothy 2:9

for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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