UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Related lemmas: κακόω

Sense 1: bad, evil, harmful, harshly

Semantic entry: 88.106

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging

Definition: pertaining to being bad, with the implication of harmful and damaging

Notes: The implication in RV ACT 23:5 · LV ACT 23:5 · Read together ACT 23:5 is that one must not speak in such a way as ‘to cause harm to.’

ACT 23:5: RV ACT 23:5 · LV ACT 23:5 · Read together ACT 23:5

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OET-RV ACT 23:5

5 “Brothers,” said Paulos, “I didn’t realise that he’s the chief priest, because the scriptures teach us not to speak wrongly of our leaders.”

OET-LV ACT 23:5

5 And the Paulos was _saying:
I _had_ not _known, brothers, that he _is a_chief _priest, because/for it _has _been _written, that you_˓will˒_ not _be _speaking wrongly A_ruler of _the people of _you.

Sense 2: harmed, harm, injured

Semantic entry: 20.18

Semantic domains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

Subdomains: Harm, Wound

Definition: pertaining to having experienced harm

Notes: The phrase κακῶς πάσχει in RV MAT 17:15 · LV MAT 17:15 · Read together MAT 17:15 may be a reference to a type of epileptic seizure.

MAT 17:15: RV MAT 17:15 · LV MAT 17:15 · Read together MAT 17:15

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OET-RV MAT 17:15

15 saying, “Master, show mercy to my son, because he has seizures and isn’t well, often falling into the fire or the water.

OET-LV MAT 17:15

15 and saying:
master, show _mercy to _the son of _me, because he _is _being _epileptic and is _having sickly, because/for often he _is _falling into the fire, and often into the water.

Sense 3: incorrect, wrong

Semantic entry: 72.22

Semantic domains: True, False

Subdomains: Accurate, Inaccurate

Definition: pertaining to being incorrect or inaccurate, with the possible implication of also being reprehensible

JHN 18:23: RV JHN 18:23 · LV JHN 18:23 · Read together JHN 18:23

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OET-RV JHN 18:23

23 But Yeshua responded, “If I said anything wrong, tell me my error. But if it was true, why are you hitting me?”

OET-LV JHN 18:23

23 Yaʸsous answered to _him:
If I _spoke wrongly, testify concerning the evil, but if rightly, why are _you _beating me?

JAM 4:3: RV JAM 4:3 · LV JAM 4:3 · Read together JAM 4:3

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OET-RV JAM 4:3

3 and when you all do ask, it doesn’t get answered because you ask with wrong motives—trying get what you want to spend on your own wants.

OET-LV JAM 4:3

3 you _are _requesting and not you _all _are _receiving, because wrongly you _all _are _requesting, in _order _that in the gratifications of _you _all you _all _may _spend it.

Sense 4: seriously, severely, grievously, dangerously

Semantic entry: 78.17

Semantic domains: Degree

Subdomains: Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

Definition: a high point on a scale of extent and implying harm and seriousness of the state

MAT 15:22: RV MAT 15:22 · LV MAT 15:22 · Read together MAT 15:22

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OET-RV MAT 15:22

22 Then, look, a woman from that area and of Kena’ani (Canaanite) ancestry came to him and called out, “Master, David’s descendant, my daughter is suffering from demon possession.”

OET-LV MAT 15:22

22 And see, a_ member _of _Kananitaʸs _woman having _come _out from the those regions, was _crying _out saying:
Show _mercy to _me, master, son of _Dawid/(Dāvid), the daughter of _me is _being_ sickly _demon _possessed.

MAT 21:41: RV MAT 21:41 · LV MAT 21:41 · Read together MAT 21:41

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OET-RV MAT 21:41

41 “He’ll brutally destroy those wicked tenants,” they answered, “then he’ll rent the vineyard out to other tenant farmers, who’ll give him his share of the harvest.”

OET-LV MAT 21:41

41 They _are _saying to _him:
He _will _be _destroying them evil ones miserably, and will _be _renting _out the vineyard to _other tenant _farmers, who will _be _giving _back to _him the fruits in the seasons of _them.

Sense 5: to be ill, to be sick

Semantic entry: 23.148

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sickness, Disease, Weakness

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have badly, or: to fare badly) to be in a bad state, to be ill (to some extent equivalent to the English idiom ‘to be bad off,’ in speaking of ill health).

Collocations: κακῶς ἔχω

MAT 4:24: RV MAT 4:24 · LV MAT 4:24 · Read together MAT 4:24

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OET-RV MAT 4:24

24 and the news about this went all the way up to Aram (Syria). So they brought all their sick and diseased people to him, as well as those who were suffering or demon-possessed, along with those who had seizures or were paralysed, and Yeshua healed them.

OET-LV MAT 4:24