κακός

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, Matt 21,41; 24,48, Fil 3,2, Åb 2,2; διαλογισμοί, Mark 7,21 ὁμιλίαι, 1 Kor 15,33 ἐπιθυμία (Ord 12,12), Kol 3,5; ἔργον, Rom 13,3 neut., κακόν, τὸ κ., evil: Joh 18,23, ApG 23,9, Rom 7,21; 14,20; 16,19, 1 Kor 13,5, Hebr 5,14, 1 Pet 3,10-11, 3 Joh 11; pl., Rom 1,30, 1 Kor 10,6, 1 Tim 6,10, Jak 1,13; κ. (τὸ, τὰ κ.) ποιεῖν (πράσσειν), Matt 27,23, Mark 15,14, Luk 23,22, Joh 18,30, Rom 3,8; 7,19; 13,4, 2 Kor 13,7, 1 Pet 3,12; κατεργάζεσθαι, Rom 2,9 of wrongs inflicted, ApG 9,13, Rom 12,17, 21; 13,10, 1 Thess 5,15, 2 Tim 4,14, 1 Pet 3,9.

3. pernicious, harmful, evil: Luk 16,25, ApG 16,28; 28,5, Tit 1,12, Jak 3,8, Åb 16,2 (Cremer, 325, 741).

† SYN.: see: (ἄθεσμος)