◄ 2550. kakoétheia ►
Strong's Concordance kakoétheia: malevolence Original Word: κακοήθεια, ας, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kakoétheia Phonetic Spelling: (kak-o-ay'-thi-ah) Short Definition: evil-mindedness Definition: evil-mindedness, malignity, malevolence. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2550 kakoḗtheia (from 2556 /kakós, "an evil, vicious disposition" and 2239 /ēthos, "custom") – a malicious disposition (character) that fosters and fondles evil habits. 2550 /kakoḗtheia ("malignity") inevitably shows itself in acts of deceit (treachery) – i.e. what is characteristic of " 'evil-mindedness' that puts the worst construction on everything" (Souter). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2550: κακοήθεια κακοήθεια (κακοηθια WH; see Iota), κακοηθείας, ἡ (from κακοήθης, and this from κακός and ἦθος), bad character, depravity of heart and life, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, others; 4 Macc. 1:4, where cf. Grimm, p. 299; specifically used of malignant subtlety, malicious craftiness: Romans 1:29 (3Macc. 3:22; Additions to Esther 8:1, 12 [Esther 8:23 8:12f, Esther 8:32 p]; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 35, 5 [ET]; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 4; 16, 3, 1; (contra Apion 1, 24, 4); Polybius 5, 50, 5, etc.). On the other hand, Aristotle, rhet. 2, 13 (3, p. 81) defines it τό ἐπί τό χεῖρον ὑπολαμβάνειν πάντα (taking all things in the evil part, Genevan N. T. Cf. Trench, § xi.). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance malice, malevolence From a compound of kakos and ethos; bad character, i.e. (specially) mischievousness -- malignity. see GREEK kakos see GREEK ethos Forms and Transliterations κακοηθείας κακοηθιας κακοηθίας kakoetheias kakoetheías kakoētheias kakoētheías Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 2550 1 Occurrence κακοηθείας — 1 Occ. Romans 1:29 N-GFS GRK: ἔριδος δόλου κακοηθείας ψιθυριστάς NAS: deceit, malice; [they are] gossips, KJV: debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, INT: strife deceit malice gossips 1 Occurrence