The corpus record

κᾰκοποι-ός

kakopoios

doing ill, mischievous

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Where it lives

3 John 1 · 46.3/10k
1 Peter 2 · 11.6/10k
Proverbia 3 · 2.7/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

doing ill, mischievous, evil-doers, noxious, maleficent

doing ill, mischievous, ὄνειδος Pi. N. 8.33; σκεῦος, of a man, Plb. 15.25.1; κακοποιοί evil-doers, Arist. EN 1125a18; esp. of poisoners and sorcerers, 1 Ep.Pet. 4.15; of things, noxious, χυλός Thphr. CP 2.6.4, etc.; φάρμακα PSI 1.64.21 (i B.C.); τὸ κ. [τῆς ὕλης] Arist. Ph. 192a15: Astrol., maleficent, Ptol. Tetr. 19, Artem. 4.59, etc.

In the wild

κακοποιοί · kakopoioi Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1125a (DIORISIS sentence 1349)
κακοποιῶν · kakopoiōn New Testament, 1 Peter 2.14 (DIORISIS sentence 33)
κακοποιὸς · kakopoios New Testament, 1 Peter 4.15 (DIORISIS sentence 81)
κακοποιῶν · kakopoiōn New Testament, 3 John 11
κακοποιῶν · kakopoiōn Septuaginta, Paralipomenon I 21
κακοποιός · kakopoios Septuaginta, Proverbia 12 (DIORISIS sentence 187)

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Where it came from

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