STRONGS NUMBER G2559

Original Word: κακόω
Transliteration: kakoō
Phonetic Spelling: (kak-o'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to ill-treat
Meaning: to ill-treatto mistreat, harm

From kakos; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate -- make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex.

see GREEK kakos

STRONGS NT 2559: κακόω

κακόω, κακῷ: future κακώσω; 1 aorist ἐκάκωσα; (κακός);

1. to oppress, afflict, harm, maltreat: τινα, Acts 7:6, 19; Acts 12:1; Acts 18:10; 1 Peter 3:13 (Exodus 5:22; Exodus 23:9 Alex.; in Greek writings from Homer down).

2. by a usage foreign to the classics, to embitter (Vulg.ad iracundiam concito); render evil affected (Psalm 105:32 (); Josephus, Antiquities 16, 1, 2; 7, 3; 8, 6): τήν ψυχήν τίνος κατά τίνος, against one, Acts 14:2.