Strong G2549κακία

evil

Transliteration
kakia
Pronunciation
kak-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G2556; badness that is (subjectively) depravity or (actively) malignity or (passively) trouble: - evil malice (-iousness) naughtiness wickedness.

Detailed definition

κακία, -ας, ἡ
(κακός), [in LXX chiefly for רָאָה;]
1. badness in quality (opposite to ἀρετή, excellence).

2. wickedness, depravity, malignity: Act.8:22, Rom.1:29, 1Co.5:8 14:20, Eph.4:31, Col.3:8, Tit.3:3, Jas.1:21, 1Pe.2:1 2:16.

3. In late Gk., evil, trouble, affliction (Amo.3:6, 1Ki.6:9, Ecc.7:15, Sir.19:6, al.): Mat.6:34 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
SYN.: (πονηρία) (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2549 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • malice6
  • maliciousness2
  • evil1
  • naughtiness1
  • wickedness1

First verses

  1. Matthew 6:34
    Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
  2. Acts 8:22
    Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
  3. Romans 1:29
    Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
  4. 1 Corinthians 5:8
    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
  5. 1 Corinthians 14:20
    Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
  6. Ephesians 4:31
    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
  7. Colossians 3:8
    But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
  8. Titus 3:3
    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
  9. James 1:21
    Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
  10. 1 Peter 2:1
    Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
  11. 1 Peter 2:16
    As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰκία, ἡ,
(κακός) badness in quality, opposed to ἀρετή (excellence), [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 322, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 512 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 181e, “R.” 348c, etc.)]; κακίᾳ ἡνιόχων by their incapacity, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 248b: _plural_, κακίαι)] defects, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 6.)]
2 cowardice, faint-heartedness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.87, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 556d; κ. καὶ ἀνανδρία [prev. author] “Cri.” 46a.)]
3 moral badness, vice, μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μετὰ κακίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.56)]; ἡ ἀρετή, ὡσαύτως δὲ.. καὶ ἡ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 72a, etc.)]; personified in the Fable of Prodicus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.26: _plural_, περὶ κακιῶν, title of treatise by Philodemus.)]
4 Philos., [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Evil”, ὕλη κακίας αἰτία 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.8.14.)]
II ill-repute, dishonour, κ. ἀντιλαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58.)]
II.2 hurt, damage done or suffered, [LXX+NT (LXX.1Ki.6.9, LXX.1Mac.7.23, NT.Matt.6.34.)]