What does κακός · πράσσω mean in the Bible?
e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious".
Greek · G2556, G4238
τῷ τὸ κακὸν πράσσοντι
Evil/harm: evil · to do/require
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κακός G2556 evil/harm: evil
Pronunciation kakós
Moral badness or harmfulness; encompasses both wickedness in persons and destructive consequences of actions.
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πράσσω G4238 to do/require
Pronunciation prássō
To do or practice habitually; emphasizes sustained action or conduct rather than single acts.
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What does τῷ τὸ κακὸν πράσσοντι (tō to kakon prassonti) mean in the Bible?
κακός · πράσσω is a Greek phrase meaning "worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2556, G4238?
G2556, G4238 is connected to 50 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious
Source Gloss
worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 50 Case pattern Accusative (26) Number pattern Singular (34)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rom 7:21 · Jas 3:8 · Rev 16:2 3×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 24:48 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Mark 7:21 1×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine 1 Cor 15:33 1×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Titus 1:12 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter John 18:23 · Rom 12:17 · Rom 12:21 · 1 Thess 5:15 · Heb 5:14 · 1 Pet 3:9 · 1 Pet 3:10 · 1 Pet 3:11 8×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Rom 1:30 · 1 Cor 10:6 · 1 Tim 6:10 · Jas 1:13 4×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Rom 13:3 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:23 · Mark 15:14 · Luke 23:22 · John 18:30 · Acts 16:28 · Acts 23:9 · Acts 28:5 · Rom 2:9 · Rom 7:19 · Rom 12:17 · Rom 12:21 · Rom 13:4 · Rom 13:10 · Rom 14:20 · Rom 16:19 · 1 Cor 13:5 21×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Luke 16:25 · Acts 9:13 · Rom 3:8 · 2 Tim 4:14 · 1 Pet 3:12 5×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 36 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 22 aorist 11 perfect 2 future 1
Voice
active 36
Mood
indicative 15 participle 11 infinitive 6 subjunctive 2 imperative 2
NT Occurrences
Luke 3:13 πράσσετε present active imperative imperative Luke 19:23 ἔπραξα aorist active indicative completed Luke 22:23 πράσσειν present active infinitive infinitive Luke 23:41 ἐπράξαμεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 23:41 ἔπραξεν aorist active indicative completed John 3:20 πράσσων present active participle participle John 5:29 πράξαντες aorist active participle participle Acts 3:17 ἐπράξατε aorist active indicative completed Acts 5:35 πράσσειν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 15:29 πράξετε future active indicative prospective Acts 16:28 πράξῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Acts 17:7 πράσσουσι present active indicative ongoing Acts 19:19 πραξάντων aorist active participle participle Acts 19:36 πράσσειν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 25:11 πέπραχά perfect active indicative resultant Acts 25:25 πεπραχέναι perfect active infinitive infinitive Acts 26:20 πράσσοντας present active participle participle Acts 26:31 πράσσει present active indicative ongoing Acts 26:9 πρᾶξαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Romans 1:32 πράσσοντες present active participle participle Romans 1:32 πράσσουσιν present active participle participle Romans 2:1 πράσσεις present active indicative ongoing Romans 2:2 πράσσοντας present active participle participle Romans 2:25 πράσσῃς present active subjunctive subjunctive Romans 2:3 πράσσοντας present active participle participle Romans 7:15 πράσσω present active indicative ongoing Romans 7:19 πράσσω present active indicative ongoing Romans 9:11 πραξάντων aorist active participle participle Romans 13:4 πράσσοντι present active participle participle 1 Corinthians 9:17 πράσσω present active indicative ongoing 2 Corinthians 5:10 ἔπραξεν aorist active indicative completed 2 Corinthians 12:21 ἔπραξαν aorist active indicative completed Galatians 5:21 πράσσοντες present active participle participle Ephesians 6:21 πράσσω present active indicative ongoing Philippians 4:9 πράσσετε present active imperative imperative 1 Thessalonians 4:11 πράσσειν present active infinitive infinitive
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
τῷ τὸ κακὸν πράσσοντι is a primary word - no further derivation.
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