What does κακῶς (kakōs) mean in the Bible?
κακῶς (kakōs): Describes both physical illness and moral wrongdoing; in NT, often paired with suffering or sickness conditions.
Greek · G2560
κακῶς
Badly (physically or morally)
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κακῶς G2560
Pronunciation kakōs
What does κακῶς (kakōs) mean in the Bible?
κακῶς (kakōs): Describes both physical illness and moral wrongdoing; in NT, often paired with suffering or sickness conditions.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2560?
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sick (8), [something] wrong (1), {is} miserably (1), {to a} wretched {end} (1), evil (1).
Where does κακῶς (kakōs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (7), Mark (4), Luke (2), Acts (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 sick 8× Matthew 8:16, Matthew 9:12, Matthew 14:35, Mark 1:32
[something] wrong 1× John 18:23
{is} miserably 1× Matthew 15:22
{to a} wretched {end} 1× Matthew 21:41
evil 1× Acts 23:5
ill 1× Mark 1:34
terribly 1× Matthew 17:15
were ill 1× Matthew 4:24
with wrong motives 1× James 4:3
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 4:24 κακῶς to were ill Adverb Matthew 8:16 κακῶς to sick Adverb Matthew 9:12 κακῶς to sick Adverb Matthew 14:35 κακῶς to sick Adverb Matthew 15:22 κακῶς to {is} miserably Adverb Matthew 17:15 κακῶς to terribly Adverb Matthew 21:41 κακῶς to {to a} wretched {end} Adverb Mark 1:32 κακῶς to sick Adverb Mark 1:34 κακῶς to ill Adverb Mark 2:17 κακῶς to sick Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 4:24
Aligned rows 16
Books represented 6
Matthew 7 Mark 4 Luke 2 John 1 Acts 1 James 1
Source forms
κακῶς 16x kakōs Matthew 4:24, Matthew 8:16, Matthew 9:12, Matthew 14:35
Parsing patterns
Adverb 16x Matthew 4:24, Matthew 8:16, Matthew 9:12, Matthew 14:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Describes both physical illness and moral wrongdoing; in NT, often paired with suffering or sickness conditions.
Strong's G2560
Lexical occurrences 16 verses Greek text appearances 16 times Word forms 1 form 16 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 5:27-32 Source Gloss
badly (physically or morally)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 4:24 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Matthew 8:16 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Matthew 9:12 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Matthew 14:35 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Matthew 15:22 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Matthew 17:15 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Matthew 21:41 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Mark 1:32 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Mark 1:34 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Mark 2:17 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Mark 6:55 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Luke 5:31 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Luke 7:2 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse John 18:23 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse Acts 23:5 Adverb
κακῶς. kakwv
badly, evilly
Read verse James 4:3 Adverb
κακῶς kakwv
badly, evilly
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 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
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Physical illness, those in poor health condition needing healing
Physical ailment, servant afflicted with paralysis and suffering
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 16 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κακῶς is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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