What does κακῶς · πάσχω mean in the Bible?
κακῶς · πάσχω is a Greek phrase meaning "suffers badly, is terribly afflicted".
Greek · G2560, G3958
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 phrase meaning "suffers badly, is terribly afflicted".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2560, G3958?
G2560, G3958 is connected to 16 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. suffers badly, is terribly afflicted
Source Gloss
suffers badly, is terribly afflicted
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 16
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×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 41 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
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
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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
κακῶς πάσχει 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