What does κακοποιέω (kakopoiéō) mean in the Bible?
κακοποιέω (kakopoiéō) is a Greek word meaning "to do evil/harm".
Greek · G2554
κακοποιέω
To do evil/harm
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κακοποιέω G2554
Pronunciation kakopoiéō
What does κακοποιέω (kakopoiéō) mean in the Bible?
κακοποιέω (kakopoiéō) is a Greek word meaning "to do evil/harm".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2554?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to do evil (2), does evil (1), for doing evil (1).
Where does κακοποιέω (kakopoiéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 3:4. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), 3 John (1), Luke (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It to do evil 2× Mark 3:4, Luke 6:9
does evil 1× 3 John 1:11
for doing evil 1× 1 Peter 3:17
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 3:4 κακοποιῆσαι to to do evil Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Luke 6:9 κακοποιῆσαι to to do evil Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1 Peter 3:17 κακοποιοῦντας to for doing evil Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural 3 John 1:11 κακοποιῶν to does evil Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 3:4
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Mark 1 Luke 1 1 Peter 1 3 John 1
Source forms
κακοποιῆσαι 2x kakopoiēsai Mark 3:4, Luke 6:9
κακοποιοῦντας 1x kakopoiountas 1 Peter 3:17
κακοποιῶν 1x kakopoiōn 3 John 1:11
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 2x Mark 3:4, Luke 6:9
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Peter 3:17
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 3 John 1:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to do evil/harm
Strong's G2554
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to do evil/harm
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 3:4 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
κακοποιῆσαι; kakopoihsai
I do harm, do wrong
Read verse Luke 6:9 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
κακοποιῆσαι; kakopoihsai
I do harm, do wrong
Read verse 1 Peter 3:17 Verb Present Active Participle Accusative Plural Masculine
κακοποιοῦντας. kakopoiountav
I do harm, do wrong
Read verse 3 John 1:11 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
κακοποιῶν kakopoiwn
I do harm, do wrong
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Aorist Active Mark 3:4 · Luke 6:9 2×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active 1 Pet 3:17 · 3 John 1:11 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 2
Voice
active 4
Mood
participle 2 infinitive 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κακοποιέω is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain