ἀδικέω
adikeō
to harm
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek word ἀδικέω, translated as "to harm", is a verb with 28 occurrences in the Bible. Its meaning centers around causing harm, injury, or injustice to others. This can encompass physical, emotional, or financial damage, reflecting the multifaceted nature of harm. In terms of its range of usage, ἀδικέω is applied to various contexts, such as personal interactions, social relationships, and economic transactions. It implies a negative action or inaction that results in harm to another person or a group of people. The word does not necessarily imply malice or intent, rather a direct consequence of one's actions or decisions. The significance of ἀδικέω lies in its emphasis on the responsibility to avoid or refrain from causing harm to others. It underlines the importance of taking care and being considerate in one's actions and decisions, recognizing that harm can have far-reaching consequences.
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Occurrences in Scripture
28 total occurrences across the text
“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?
Luke 10:19Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.
Acts 7:24Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
Acts 7:26“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
Acts 7:27But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Acts 25:10But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
Acts 25:11For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
1 Corinthians 6:7Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
1 Corinthians 6:8No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers.
2 Corinthians 7:2Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one.
2 Corinthians 7:12So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 7:12So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
Galatians 4:12I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
Colossians 3:25But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
Colossians 3:25But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
Philemon 1:18But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account.
2 Peter 2:13receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
Revelation 2:11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.
Revelation 6:6I heard a voice in the middle of the four living creatures saying, “A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don’t damage the oil and the wine!”
Revelation 7:2I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
Revelation 7:3saying, “Don’t harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!”
Revelation 9:4They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads.
Revelation 9:10They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
Revelation 9:19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm.
Revelation 11:5If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
Revelation 11:5If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
Revelation 22:11He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”
Revelation 22:11He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”