What does κακοῦργος (kakoûrgos) mean in the Bible?
κακοῦργος (kakoûrgos): One who practices evil deeds habitually; emphasizes active wrongdoing rather than mere moral failure
Greek · G2557
κακοῦργος
Criminal
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κακοῦργος G2557
Pronunciation kakoûrgos
What does κακοῦργος (kakoûrgos) mean in the Bible?
κακοῦργος (kakoûrgos): One who practices evil deeds habitually; emphasizes active wrongdoing rather than mere moral failure
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2557?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include criminals (2), [who were] criminals (1), a criminal (1).
Where does κακοῦργος (kakoûrgos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 23:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), 2 Timothy (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 criminals 2× Luke 23:33, Luke 23:39
[who were] criminals 1× Luke 23:32
a criminal 1× 2 Timothy 2:9
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 23:32 κακοῦργοι to [who were] criminals Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Luke 23:33 κακούργους to criminals Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 23:39 κακούργων to criminals Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 2 Timothy 2:9 κακοῦργος to a criminal Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 23:32
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Luke 3 2 Timothy 1
Source forms
κακοῦργοι 1x kakourgoi Luke 23:32
κακοῦργος 1x kakourgos 2 Timothy 2:9
κακούργους 1x kakourgous Luke 23:33
κακούργων 1x kakourgōn Luke 23:39
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 23:33
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Luke 23:39
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 23:32
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 2 Timothy 2:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who practices evil deeds habitually; emphasizes active wrongdoing rather than mere moral failure
Strong's G2557
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
criminal
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One who practices evil deeds habitually; emphasizes active wrongdoing rather than mere moral failure
(contr. from epic κακόεργος), [in LXX. Pro.21:15 (אָוֶן, פָּעַל), Est.8:13, Sir.11:33 33:26 (Sir.33:26)* ;] a malefactor, criminal: Luk.23:32-33, 39, 2Ti.2:9.
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.
Luke 23:32 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
κακοῦργοι kakourgoi
a criminal
Read verse Luke 23:33 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
κακούργους, kakourgouv
a criminal
Read verse Luke 23:39 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
κακούργων kakourgwn
a criminal
Read verse 2 Timothy 2:9 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
κακοῦργος· kakourgov
a criminal
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 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 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 23:32 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 2 Tim 2:9 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 23:39 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 23:33 1×
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