kakopoieo denotes acting wrongly or harmfully, contrasted with doing good and with saving life.

The attested use describes wrongful or harmful action, regularly contrasted with doing good; in the Sabbath questions it stands opposite saving life, while the participial uses identify those acting in the evil alternative.

1. Acting in the harmful or evil alternative · dominant

   In Luke 6:9 and Mark 3:4, the aorist active infinitive occurs in a question contrasting doing good with the opposing action and saving life with its destructive alternative; the APB renders the clauses "to do evil" and "to do harm." In 1 Peter 3:17 and 3 John 1:11, present active participles describe persons in contrast to those doing good; the APB renders "while doing evil" and "The one who does evil."

   Luke 6:9Mark 3:41 Peter 3:173 John 1:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term through "doing evil," "does evil," and, in Mark 3:4, "do harm." These renderings confirm the clauses' contrast without fixing a separate nuance for each wording.