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)
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 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.
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
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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)
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.
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.
Strong's G2554 (κακοποιέω) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
4 indexed usages in New Testament.
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.
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?
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me.
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.
And Israel said, Why did ye harm me, inasmuch as ye told the man that ye had a brother?
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
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.
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.
And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, Yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.
First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2554.
But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me.
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.
And Israel said, Why did ye harm me, inasmuch as ye told the man that ye had a brother?
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—
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;
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.
But if ye continue to do evil, then shall ye and your king be consumed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: Their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
And feet hastening to do evil—are hateful to God.
A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: And he hates the sound of safety.
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.
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.
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.
they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver
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.
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?
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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.
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.
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.
And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, Yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2554, grouped by book.
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
This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G2554 across 19 books.
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.
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.
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.