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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κακοῦργοςG2557
Pronunciationkakoûrgos
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 Itcriminals2×Luke 23:33, Luke 23:39
[who were] criminals1×Luke 23:32
a criminal1×2 Timothy 2:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 23:32
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Luke32 Timothy1
Source forms
κακοῦργοι1xkakourgoiLuke 23:32
κακοῦργος1xkakourgos2 Timothy 2:9
κακούργους1xkakourgousLuke 23:33
κακούργων1xkakourgōnLuke 23:39
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xLuke 23:33
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural1xLuke 23:39
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xLuke 23:32
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1x2 Timothy 2:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who practices evil deeds habitually; emphasizes active wrongdoing rather than mere moral failure
Strong'sG2557
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms4 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
criminal
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 23:32Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
κακοῦργοιkakourgoi
a criminal
Read verseLuke 23:33Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
κακούργους,kakourgouv
a criminal
Read verseLuke 23:39Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
κακούργωνkakourgwn
a criminal
Read verse2 Timothy 2:9Adjective 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 patterns4Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineLuke 23:321×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine2 Tim 2:91×
Genitive · Plural · MasculineLuke 23:391×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineLuke 23:331×