kakourgos G2557

κακοῦργος (kakourgos) means “criminal” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κακοῦργος Greek · G2557 4 tagged occurrences in 4 verses

Pronunciation guide: kak-oor'-gos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2557

κακοῦργος · kakourgos · criminal

κακοῦργος, -ον (contr. from epic κακόεργος), [in LXX. Pro.21:15 (אָוֶן, פָּעַל), Est.8:13, Sir.11:33 33:26 (Sir.33:26)* ;] a malefactor, criminal: Luk.23:32-33, 39, 2Ti.2:9.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(lit: an evil-worker), a criminal.

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How translators render G2557

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
criminals	2
a criminal	1
who were criminals	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
an evil doer	1
malefactors	1
of the malefactors	1
the malefactors	1

Verses containing G2557

Page 1 of 1. 4 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Luke 23:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
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Luke 23:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
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Luke 23:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
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2 Timothy 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
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