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Strong's G2549 · Greek

κακία

kakia · kak-ee'-ah

from 2556; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κακία (G2549)

11 κακία , -ας, ἡ ( κακός ), [in LXX chiefly for רָאָה ;] badness in quality (opp. to ἀρετή , excellence ). wickedness , depravity , malignity : Ac 8:22 , Ro 1:29 , I Co 5:8 14:20 , Eph 4:31 , Col 3:8 , Tit 3:3 , Ja 1:21 , I Pe 2:1 , 16 . In late Gk., evil , trouble , affliction ( Am 3:6 , I Ki 6:9 , Ec 7:15 , Si 19:6 , al.): Mt 6:34 (cf. MM, Exp. , xv).† SYN. : πονηρία .

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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