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κακῶς πάσχει

Badly (physically or morally) · to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful)

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κακῶς G2560 badly (physically or morally)
Pronunciation kakōs
Describes both physical illness and moral wrongdoing; in NT, often paired with suffering or sickness conditions.
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πάσχω G3958 to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful)
Pronunciation páschō
To suffer or be acted upon passively; opposite to acting or doing oneself.
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What does κακῶς πάσχει (kakōs paschei) mean in the Bible?

κακῶς · πάσχω is a Greek word meaning "suffers badly, is terribly afflicted".

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Meaning

suffers badly, is terribly afflicted
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 4:24 · Matt 8:16 · Matt 9:12 · Matt 14:35 · Matt 15:22 · Matt 17:15 · Matt 21:41 · Mark 1:32 · Mark 1:34 · Mark 2:17 · Mark 6:55 · Luke 5:31 · Luke 7:2 · John 18:23 · Acts 23:5 · Jas 4:3 16×
16 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 41 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 8 ongoing 5 resultant 2 imperative 1 subjunctive 1 infinitive 16 participle 7 optative 1
Tense
aorist 25 present 14 perfect 2
Voice
active 41
Mood
infinitive 16 indicative 15 participle 7 optative 1 imperative 1 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 16:21 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 17:12 πάσχειν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 17:15 πάσχει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 27:19 ἔπαθον aorist active indicative completed Mark 5:26 παθοῦσα aorist active participle participle Mark 8:31 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 9:12 πάθῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 9:22 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 13:2 πεπόνθασιν perfect active indicative resultant Luke 17:25 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 22:15 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 24:26 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 24:46 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Acts 1:3 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Acts 3:18 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Acts 9:16 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Acts 17:3 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Acts 28:5 ἔπαθεν aorist active indicative completed 1 Corinthians 12:26 πάσχει present active indicative ongoing 2 Corinthians 1:6 πάσχομεν present active indicative ongoing Galatians 3:4 ἐπάθετε aorist active indicative completed Philippians 1:29 πάσχειν present active infinitive infinitive 1 Thessalonians 2:14 ἐπάθετε aorist active indicative completed 2 Thessalonians 1:5 πάσχετε present active indicative ongoing 2 Timothy 1:12 πάσχω present active indicative ongoing Hebrews 2:18 πέπονθεν perfect active indicative resultant Hebrews 5:8 ἔπαθεν aorist active indicative completed Hebrews 9:26 παθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Hebrews 13:12 ἔπαθεν aorist active indicative completed 1 Peter 2:19 πάσχων present active participle participle 1 Peter 2:21 ἔπαθεν aorist active indicative completed 1 Peter 2:23 πάσχων present active participle participle 1 Peter 3:14 πάσχοιτε present active optative optative 1 Peter 3:17 πάσχειν present active infinitive infinitive 1 Peter 3:18 ἔπαθεν aorist active indicative completed 1 Peter 4:1 παθόντος aorist active participle participle 1 Peter 4:1 παθὼν aorist active participle participle 1 Peter 4:15 πασχέτω present active imperative imperative 1 Peter 4:19 πάσχοντες present active participle participle 1 Peter 5:10 παθόντας aorist active participle participle +1 more 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 Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 17 — The Gospel Reasoned from Scripture and Proclaimed to the Nations Acts 9 — The Risen Christ Converts His Fiercest Persecutor Luke 17 — Faithful Servants, Grateful Cleansing, and the Coming Kingdom Luke 22 — The Passover Betrayal, the New Covenant Meal, and the Suffering Servant King Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Luke 9 — The Christ Revealed, the Cross Announced, and the Jerusalem Road Begun Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Mark 9 — Glory, Unbelief, Suffering, Humility, and Radical Discipleship Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest Philippians 1 — Gospel Partnership and Joyful Witness in Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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