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"evil," is rendered "harm" in Acts 16:28; 28:5 . See EVIL.

"evil," generally of a more malignant sort than No. 1, is translated "harm" in Acts 28:21 . See EVIL.

see AMISS.

primarily denotes "wantonness, insolence;" then, "an act of wanton violence, an outrage, injury," 2 Corinthians 12:10 , RV, "injuries," AV, "reproaches" (more than reproach is conveyed by the term); metaphorically of a loss by sea, Acts 27:10 , RV, "injury," AV, "hurt," and Acts 27:21 , RV, "injury," AV, "harm." See HURT , INJURY , REPROACH.

"to do evil to a person" (akin to A, No. 1), is rendered "harm" in 1 Peter 3:13 , and in the RV of Acts 18:10 (AV, "hurt"). See AFFECT , EVIL.

"to do harm" (A, No. 1, and poieo, "to do"), is so rendered in the RV of Mark 3:4; Luke 6:9 (AV, "to do evil"), with reference to the moral character of what is done; in 1 Peter 3:17 , "evil doing;" 3 John 1:11 , "doeth evil."