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Strong's G2554 κακοποιέω (kakopoieo)

kakopoieo - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2554 — chamac (“be violent”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2554
Language Greek
Linked Usages 29
Books 19

Strong's G2554 Quick Answer

Strong's G2554 κακοποιέω (kakopoieo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kakopoieo (kak-op-oy-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a bad-doer 2. (objectively) to injure It has 29 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include do and evil. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
kakopoieo (kak-op-oy-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a bad-doer 2. (objectively) to injure
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
do and evil

Meaning and Definition

kakopoieo (kak-op-oy-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a bad-doer 2. (objectively) to injure 3. (genitive) to sin [from G2555] KJV: do(ing) evil Root(s): G2555

Original Word
κακοποιέω
Transliteration
kakopoieo
Derivation
Root: κακοποιός R1: 2555
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2554. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to do evil/harm

Usage: κακο-ποιέω, ῶ [in LXX chiefly for רָעַע hi. ;] to do harm, to do evil: Mrk.3:4, Luk.6:9, 1Pe.3:17, 3Jn.11 (Cremer, 329).† (AS)

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How Strong's G2554 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kakopoieo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

do Mark 3:4 evil 1 Peter 3:17

How Strong's G2554 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2554 (κακοποιέω) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2554 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2554 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 3:4 KJV

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

Luke 6:9 KJV

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

1 Peter 3:17 KJV

For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Strong's G2554 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 31:7 Septuagint / Brenton

But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me.

Genesis 31:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob.

Genesis 43:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Israel said, Why did ye harm me, inasmuch as ye told the man that ye had a brother?

Strong's G2554 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 6:32 Septuagint / Brenton

And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of anything herein written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.

1 Maccabees 5:48 Septuagint / Brenton

Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt; we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not open unto him.

Wisdom of Sirach 19:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, Yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2554.

Genesis 31:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me.
Genesis 31:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob.
Genesis 43:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Israel said, Why did ye harm me, inasmuch as ye told the man that ye had a brother?
Leviticus 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatsoever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall afterward know it, and so he should sin in some one of these things—
Numbers 35:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
or smite him with any stone, whereby a man may die, unawares, and it should fall upon him, and he should die, but he was not his enemy, nor sought to hurt him;
Judges 19:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the master of the house came out to them, and said, Nay, brethren, do not ye wrong, I pray you, after this man has come into my house; do not ye this folly.
1 Kingdoms 12:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if ye continue to do evil, then shall ye and your king be consumed.
1 Kingdoms 25:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing thee harm, if thou hadst not hastened and come to meet me, then I said, There shall surely not be left to Nabal till the morning one male.
1 Kingdoms 26:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt thee, because my life was precious in thine eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.
2 Kingdoms 20:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Amasa, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than Absalom: now then take thou with thee the servants of thy lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.
2 Kingdoms 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father’s house.
3 Kingdoms 16:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to sin against his own life so that he should be destroyed: he did evil above all the kings of Israel that were before him.
1 Chronicles 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to God, Was it not I that gave orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let thy hand be upon me, and upon my father’s house, and not on thy people for destruction, O Lord!
Ezra 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
Ezra 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
Proverbs 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: Their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
Proverbs 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And feet hastening to do evil—are hateful to God.
Proverbs 11:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: And he hates the sound of safety.
Proverbs 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one who hates his poor brother Shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, And a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; And he that uses provoking words shall not escape.
Isaiah 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall not hurt, nor shall they at all be able to destroy anyone on my holy mountain: for the whole world is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as much water covers the seas.
Jeremiah 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.
Jeremiah 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver
Mark 3:4 New Testament, KJV
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Luke 6:9 New Testament, KJV
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
1 Peter 3:17 New Testament, KJV
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
3 John 1:11 New Testament, KJV
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
1 Esdras 6:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of anything herein written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
1 Maccabees 5:48 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt; we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not open unto him.
Wisdom of Sirach 19:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, Yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2554, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
3 John 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2554 FAQ

What does kakopoieo (κακοποιέω) mean?

Strong's G2554 is a Greek entry for G2554 κακοποιέω (kakopoieo). kakopoieo (kak-op-oy-eh'-o) v. 1. to be a bad-doer 2. (objectively) to injure

How many times is kakopoieo (κακοποιέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G2554 across 19 books.

Where can I study kakopoieo (κακοποιέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2554 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate kakopoieo (κακοποιέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as do and evil. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2554 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2554, with linked reader references where each row is available.