Lexical Definition

‎κακῶς‎ kakōs (kak-oce') badly ^G:ADV
from ‎κακός‎

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

• badly (physically or morally)

Abbott-Smith

κακῶς (< κακός), adv., [in LXX: Wi 18:19, IV Mac 6:17, al.; κ. εἰπεῖν, ἐρεῖν (ארר, קלל pi.), Ex 22:28(27), Le 19:14, Is 8:21; κ. ἔχειν (חלה, Ez 34:4, al.;]
badly, ill;
(a) in physical sense: κ. ἔχειν, to be ill, Mt 4:24 8:16 9:12 14:35 17:15, Mk 1:32, 34 2:17 6:55, Lk 5:31 7:2; πάσχειν, Mt 17:15 (WH, mg.); δαιμονίζεσθαι, Mt 15:22; κακοὺς κ. ἀπολέσει (as freq. in cl., v. LS, s.v.; MM, Exp., xv), evil that they are, he will evilly, etc., Mt 21:41;
(b) in moral sense, wrongly (I Mac 7:42, IV Mac 6:17, al.): κ. λαλεῖν, Jo 18:23; εἰπεῖν, c. acc. pers., Ac 23:5; αἰτεῖσθαι, Ja 4:8.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: κακῶς, ή, όν,

__A bad:
__A.I of persons,
__A.I.1 of appearance, ugly, εἶδος μὲν ἔην κακός [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.2 of birth, ill-born, mean, γένος ἐστὲ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων.., ἐπεὶ οὔ κε κακοὶ τοιούσδε τέκοιεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.3 of courage, craven, base, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἕκτωρ σε κ. καὶ ἀνάλκιδα φήσει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδαμῶν κακίονες[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.4 bad of his kind, i. e. worthless, sorry, unskilled, ἡνίοχοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [τοξότης] ἢ κ. ἢ ἀγαθός[Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἀλήτης a bad beggar,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; κυβερνήτης, ναύτης, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I am not bad in all things, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, κ. μανθάνειν [Refs]; [νῆσος] φυτεύεσθαι κακή [Refs]; compare 11.
__A.I.5 in moral sense, base, evil, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to Χρηστός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.6 wretched, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.II of things, evil, pernicious, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Χόλος, ἔρις, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πόλεμος, ἔπος, ἔργα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἦμαρ, ἄνεμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of omens and the like, unlucky, ὄρνις, ὄναρ, σῆμα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of words, abusive, foul, κ. λόγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ποιμήν, i.e. the storm, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: Astrology texts, unlucky, τόποι [Refs 4th c.AD+]; κ. τύχη, name for the sixth region, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__B κακόν, τό, and κακά, τά, as substantive, evil, ill, δίδου δ᾽ ἀγαθόν τε κακόν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so κ. ἄμαχον, ἄπρηκτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔκπαγλον, ἄφερτον, ἀμήχανον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακὸν ἥκει τινί there's trouble in store for some one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν the least of two evils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακῶν Ἰλιάς, see at {Ἰλιά; κακόν τι ῥέξαι τινά} to do harm or ill to any one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κακὰ φέρειν, τεύχειν τινί, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κακόν τι (or κακὰ) ποιεῖν τινα (see. δράω, ποιέω, ἐργάζομαι); κακὸν πάσχειν ὑπό τινος to suffer evil from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 κακά, τά, evil words, reproaches, πολλά τε καὶ κακὰ λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 Philos., κακόν, τό, Evil, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__B.4 of a person, pest, nuisance, τουτὶ παρέξει τὸ κ. ἡμῖν πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, comically, ὅσον συνείλεκται κακὸν ὀρνέων what a devil of a lot of birds, [Refs]
__C degrees of Comparison:
__C.1 regular comparative in Epic dialect, κακώτερος [Refs 8th c.BC+]: also in late Prose, [Refs 4th c.AD+]: irregular κακίων, ον [with ῐ], [Refs 8th c.BC+], with ῑ in Trag., except [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.2 superlative κάκιστος [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__D adverb κακῶς ill, ἢ εὖ ἦε κακῶς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κακῶς ποιεῖν τινα to treat one ill; κακῶς ποιεῖν τι to hurt, damage a thing; κακῶς ποιεῖν τινά τι to do one any evil or harm; κ. πράσσειν to fare ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of illness, [NT+4th c.BC+]; Χρῆν Κανδαύλῃ γενέσθαι κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with play on two senses, ὡς κ. ἔχει ἅπας ἰατρός, ἂν κ. μηδεὶς ἔχῃ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; κ. ἐρεῖν τινά, λέγειν τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κ. εἰδότες, ={ἀγνοοῦντες}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακῶς ἐκπέφευγα I have barely escaped, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative κάκιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative κάκιστα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__D.2 adverb and adjective frequently coupled in Trag., Attic dialect, etc., κακὸν κακῶς νιν.. ἐκτρῖψαι βίον [NT+5th c.BC+]; in reversed order, ὥσπερ ἀξία κακῶς κακὴ θανεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with intervening words, κακῶς.. ἀπόλλυσθαι κακούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Perh. cognate with Avest. kasu-, comparative kasyah-, superlative kasišta- 'small', Lithuanian nukašëti 'grow feeble, thin', [Refs 1st c.BC+] hager.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.4.24 ☩ Matt.21.41}