κακῶς

kakōs · Greek · Strong's G2560 · 16 occurrences

The KJV renders 19 different Hebrew and Greek words as “sore”

What it means

badly (physically or morally)

from G2556 (κακός);

How the KJV renders it

amiss, diseased, evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“sore”

also renders hélkos (G1668), hikanós (G2425), sphódra (G4970), lían (G3029), polýs (G4183), châzâq (H2389), châlâh (H2470), yâçar (H3256), kâbêd (H3515), kâçaph (H3700), mᵉʼôd (H3966), maʻal (H4604), mârats (H4834), tsûwd (H6679), qâsheh (H7186), râbâh (H7235), raʻ (H7451), saggîyʼ (H7690)

“evil”

also renders ponērós (G4190), phaûlos (G5337), kakós (G2556), kakía (G2549), ʼâven (H205), bᵉlîyaʻal (H1100), raʻ (H7451)

“sick”

also renders kámnō (G2577), asthenḗs (G772), asthenéō (G770), ʼânash (H605), chŏlîy (H2483), tachălûwʼ (H8463)

“diseased”

also renders échō (G2192), châlâh (H2470)

“grievously”

also renders deinōs (G1171), maʻal (H4604)

“amiss”

also renders átopos (G824)

Where it appears

16 occurrences in the Greek text.

Acts 23:5 ADVJames 4:3 ADVJohn 18:23 ADVLuke 5:31 ADVLuke 7:2 ADVMatthew 4:24 ADVMatthew 8:16 ADVMatthew 9:12 ADVMatthew 14:35 ADVMatthew 15:22 ADVMatthew 17:15 ADVMatthew 21:41 ADVMark 1:32 ADVMark 1:34 ADVMark 2:17 ADVMark 6:55 ADV

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.