Word Summary
kakōs: badly
Original Word: κακῶςTransliteration: kakōs
Phonetic Spelling: (kak-oce')
Part of Speech: Adverb
Short Definition: badly
Meaning: badly
Strong's Concordance
amiss, badly, grievously
From kakos; badly (physically or morally) -- amiss, diseased, evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore.
see GREEK kakos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2560: κακῶςκακῶς (
κακός), adverb (from
Homer on down),
badly, ill, i. e.
a. (in a physical sense) miserably: ἔχειν, to be ill, sick (see ἔχω, II. a.), Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:16; Matthew 9:12; Matthew 14:35; (Matthew 17:15 L Tr text WH text); Mark (Mark 1:32, 34); ; (Mark 6:55); Luke 5:31; Luke 7:2, etc.; πάσχειν, Matthew 17:15 (R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); δαιμονίζεσθαι, Matthew 15:22; κακούς κακῶς ἀπολέσει, Matthew 21:41, on this combination of words with verbs of destroying, perishing, etc., which is frequent in Greek writings also, cf. Kuinoel at the passage; Winers Grammar, § 68, 1. b. (morally) improperly, wrongly: John 18:23; κακῶς εἰπεῖν τινα, to speak ill of, revile, one, Acts 23:5; with bad intent, αἰτεῖσθαι, James 4:3.