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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2550 - κακοήθεια

Transliteration

kakoḗtheia

Phonetics

kak-o-ay'-thi-ah

Origin

from a compound of (G2556) and (G2239)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

3:485,391

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

bad character, depravity of heart and life
malignant subtlety, malicious craftiness

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Romans 1

BSB (1)

Romans 1

CSB (1)

Romans 1

ESV (1)

Romans 1

KJV (1)

Romans 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Romans 1

N95 (1)

Romans 1

NAS (1)

Romans 1

NLT (1)

Romans 1

WEB (1)

Romans 1

YLT (1)

Romans 1

ASV (1)

malignity 1

BSB (1)

and malice 1

CSB (1)

malice 1

ESV (1)

maliciousness 1

KJV (1)

malignity 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

malice 1

N95 (1)

malice 1

NAS (1)

malice 1

NLT (1)

behavior 1

WEB (1)

evil habits 1

YLT (1)

evil dispositions 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-GSF 1

ANT

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-GSF 1

BGB

N-GSF 1

BMT

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-GSF 1

ELZ

N-GSF 1

NA26

N-GSF 1

SBL

N-GSF 1

SCV

N-GSF 1

STV

N-GSF 1

TIS

N-GSF 1

TRG

N-GSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κᾰκοήθ-εια,

Ion. -ιη, ἡ,

I bad disposition, malignity, Pl. R. 348d, 401a, Hyp. Eux. 32 (-ηθία), Romans 1:29; κ. τὸ ἐπὶ τὸ Χεῖρον ὑπολαμβάνειν ἅπαντα Arist. Rh. 1389b20: pl., κ. ὑπὲρ τοῦ πράγματος λεγόμεναι Aeschin. 1.166, cf. Isoc. 15.284, D.C. Fr. 96.2.

II bad manners or habits, X. Cyn. 13.16.

III Medic., malignant character, τῆς νόσου Epicur. Fr. 471: in pl., malignant diseases or growths, Dsc. 3.92 (v.l. for τὰ -ήθη).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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 8:238:12f, Esther 8:32p]; 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.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** κακοήθεια

(WH, -θία ), -ας , ἡ

(< κακός , ἦθος ),

[in LXX: Ezra 8:13, 3 Maccabees 3:22; 3 Maccabees 7:3 A, 4 Maccabees 1:4; 4 Maccabees 3:4*;]

malignity, malevolence: Romans 1:29 (Cremer, 329).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Romans 1:29) see the late P Grenf I. 60.13 (A.D. 581) where the word is found with a number of others of a similar character—ἄνευ παντὸς δόλου καὶ φόβου. . . [καὶ οἱ ]ασδήποτε κακονοίας καὶ κακοηθείας καὶ παντὸς ἐλαττώματος κτλ. The adj. is found in P Giss I. 40ii. 11 (A.D. 212–5) παρὰ το [ῖ ]ς κακοήθεσιν.

List of Word Forms

κακοηθείας κακοηθιας κακοηθίας kakoetheias kakoetheías kakoētheias kakoētheías