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It often implies intentional wrongdoing or malicious actions. The term is used to contrast with doing good and is associated with moral and ethical misconduct.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, moral and ethical behavior was often discussed in terms of doing good versus doing evil. The concept of κακοποιέω would have been understood as actions that disrupt social harmony and violate moral codes. In the Jewish context, doing evil was seen as contrary to the Law of God, which emphasized justice, mercy, and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2554</b> <i>kakopoiéō</i> (from <a href="/greek/2555.htm">2555</a> <i>/kakopoiós</i>) – to do evil, acting from a nasty, twisted disposition. <a href="/greek/2555.htm">See 2555</a> (<i>kakopoiós</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2556.htm">kakos</a> and <a href="/greek/4160.htm">poieó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to do evil<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>do harm (2), does evil (1), doing what is wrong (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2554: κακοποιέω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κακοποιέω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κακοποιῶ</span>; 1 aorist infinitive <span class="greek2">κακοποιῆσαι</span>; (<span class="greek2">κακοποιός</span>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to do harm</span>: <a href="/interlinear/mark/3-4.htm">Mark 3:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/6-9.htm">Luke 6:9</a>. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">to do evil, do wrong</span>: <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-17.htm">1 Peter 3:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/3_john/1-11.htm">3 John 1:11</a>. ((<span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>), <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Antoninus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>doing evil. <p>From <a href="/greek/2555.htm">kakopoios</a>; to be a bad-doer, i.e. (objectively) to injure, or (genitive) to sin -- do(ing) evil. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2555.htm">kakopoios</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εκακοποίησα εκακοποιήσατε κακοποιεί κακοποιείν κακοποιησαι κακοποιήσαι κακοποιήσαί κακοποιῆσαι κακοποιήσει κακοποιήσητε κακοποίησιν κακοποιήσω κακοποιήσωσι κακοποιήσωσιν κακοποιουντας κακοποιούντας κακοποιοῦντας κακοποιούσα κακοποιων κακοποιών κακοποιῶν kakopoiesai kakopoiêsai kakopoiēsai kakopoiē̂sai kakopoion kakopoiôn kakopoiōn kakopoiō̂n kakopoiountas kakopoioûntas<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 3:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active">V-ANA</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀγαθο¦ποιῆσαι ἢ <b>κακοποιῆσαι</b> ψυχὴν σῶσαι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> or <span class="itali">to do harm</span> on the Sabbath,<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or <span class="itali">to do evil?</span> to save<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to do good or <span class="itali">to do evil</span> life to save<p><b><a href="/text/luke/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 6:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active">V-ANA</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀγαθοποιῆσαι ἢ <b>κακοποιῆσαι</b> ψυχὴν σῶσαι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> or <span class="itali">to do harm</span> on the Sabbath,<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or <span class="itali">to do evil?</span> to save<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to do good or <span class="itali">to do evil</span> life to save<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 3:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πάσχειν ἢ <b>κακοποιοῦντας</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> rather than <span class="itali">for doing what is wrong.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for well doing, than <span class="itali">for evil doing.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to suffer than <span class="itali">doing evil</span><p><b><a href="/text/3_john/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">3 John 1:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-PPA-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/3_john/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐστίν ὁ <b>κακοποιῶν</b> οὐχ ἑώρακεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/3_john/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is of God; <span class="itali">the one who does evil</span> has not seen<br><a href="/kjvs/3_john/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> God: but <span class="itali">he that doeth evil</span> hath not<br><a href="/interlinear/3_john/1-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> is he that <span class="itali">does evil</span> not has seen<p><b><a href="/greek/2554.htm">Strong's Greek 2554</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2554.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kakopoie_sai_2554.htm">κακοποιῆσαι — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kakopoio_n_2554.htm">κακοποιῶν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kakopoiountas_2554.htm">κακοποιοῦντας — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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