to harm
adikeo denotes wronging people or inflicting damage, from interpersonal mistreatment to harm directed at people or creation.
The verb most often marks wrongful treatment of another person, whether in conflict, injustice, or conduct described as doing wrong. It also occurs for harm directed against people, land, sea, vegetation, and other specified targets, including warnings that such harm must not occur.
Senses in use
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Wronging another person or doing wrong · dominant
In Acts 7:26, the present active plural form occurs in the question addressed to fighting brothers; the APB renders the clause, “Why are you wronging one another?” Acts 7:27 identifies a man as the one wronging his neighbor, while 1 Corinthians 6:8 contrasts the readers’ harming and defrauding of brothers. In Colossians 3:25, the present participle describes the person whose wrongdoing will be repaid.
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Inflicting or undergoing concrete harm · common
The verb is used of specified targets and threatened injury: Revelation 7:3 prohibits harm to “the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees,” and Revelation 9:10 describes authority to harm humans. In Acts 7:24, a present passive participle identifies a man being mistreated, and Revelation 2:11 says that the conqueror will not be harmed by the second death.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB uses expressions such as “wronging,” “does wrong,” “mistreated,” and “harm.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall portrayal of injury or wrongdoing rather than supplying separate definitions.