Strong G2550κακοήθεια

malice

Transliteration
kakoētheia
Pronunciation
kak-o-ay'-thi-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From a compound of G2556 and G2239; bad character that is (specifically) mischievousness: - malignity.

Detailed definition

κακοήθεια (WH, -θία), -ας, ἡ
(κακός, ἦθος), [in LXX: Est.8:13, 3Ma.3:22 3Mac 7:3 A, 4Ma.1:4 4Mac 3:4 *;]
malignity, malevolence: Rom.1:29 (Cremer, 329).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2550 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • malignity1

First verses

  1. Romans 1:29
    Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κᾰκοήθ-εια,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, bad disposition, malignity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348d, 401a, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 32)] (-ηθία), [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Rom.1.29; κ. τὸ ἐπὶ τὸ Χεῖρον ὑπολαμβάνειν ἅπαντα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389b20: _plural_, κ. ὑπὲρ τοῦ πράγματος λεγόμεναι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.166, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.284, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 96.2.)]
II bad manners or habits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 13.16.)]
III in Medicine texts, malignant character, τῆς νόσου [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 471)]: in plural, malignant diseases or growths, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.92 (variant for{τὰ -ήθη}).)]