What does Λάζαρος · κακός mean in the Bible?
Λάζαρος · κακός is a Greek phrase meaning "Lazarus likewise bad things".
Greek · G2976, G2556
Λάζαρος ὁμοίως τὰ κακά
Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary) · evil/harm: evil
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Λάζαρος G2976 Lazarus (i.e. Elazar), the name of two Israelites (one imaginary)
Pronunciation Lázaros
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κακός G2556 evil/harm: evil
Pronunciation kakós
Moral badness or harmfulness; encompasses both wickedness in persons and destructive consequences of actions.
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What does Λάζαρος ὁμοίως τὰ κακά (Lazaros homoiōs ta kaka) mean in the Bible?
Λάζαρος · κακός is a Greek phrase meaning "Lazarus likewise bad things".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2976, G2556?
G2976, G2556 is connected to 15 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Lazarus likewise bad things
Source Gloss
Lazarus likewise bad things
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 15 Case pattern Nominative (8) Number pattern Singular (15)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:20 · Luke 16:25 · John 11:1 · John 11:2 · John 11:11 · John 11:14 · John 12:1 · John 12:2 8×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:23 · Luke 16:24 · John 11:5 · John 12:9 · John 12:10 · John 12:17 6×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine John 11:43 1×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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