Word Summary
kakopoios: an evildoer
Original Word: κακοποιόςTransliteration: kakopoios
Phonetic Spelling: (kak-op-oy-os')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: an evildoer
Meaning: an evildoer
Strong's Concordance
evildoer, malefactor.
From kakos and poieo; a bad-doer; (specially), a criminal -- evil-doer, malefactor.
see GREEK kakos
see GREEK poieo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2555: κακοποιόςκακοποιός,
κακοποιον (
κακόν and
ποιέω),
doing evil; a substantive,
an evil-doer, malefactor:
John 18:30 (but
L marginal reading
T Tr WH κακόν ποιῶν);
1 Peter 2:12, 14;
1 Peter 3:16 (
T Tr marginal reading
WH omit the clause);
. (Proverbs 12:4; Pindar, Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch.)