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mal-eÌ„Ì-fak´tẽr (κακοποιοÌÏ‚, kakopoioÌs, “a bad doer,†i.e. “evildoer,†“criminalâ€; κακοῦÏγος, kakouÌrgos, “a wrongdoerâ€): The former occurs in the King James Version, the latter, which is the stronger term, in , . The former describes the subject as doing or making evil, the latter as creating or originating the bad, and hence, designates the more energetic, aggressive, initiating type of criminality.