μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
a primitive root (compare רְגָבִים, ר֫וּעַ, רָקַם); to cast together (stones), i.e. to lapidate: X certainly, stone.