κακοῦργος
kakourgos
criminal
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word κακοῦργος (kakourgos) refers to a person involved in lawless or nefarious behavior. Its primary translation is "criminal." This term is used four times in the Bible, indicating a person who engages in illicit or illicit acts. The usage suggests that κακοῦργος denotes a person acting outside the bounds of societal norms and laws, often with malicious intent. Given its limited usage, κακοῦργος does not possess a broad range of connotations. Instead, it emphasizes the negative and malevolent aspects of the individual's actions.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.
Luke 23:33When they came to the place that is called “The Skull”, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.
Luke 23:39One of the criminals who was hanged insulted him, saying, “If you are the Christ, save yourself and us!”
2 Timothy 2:9in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained.