Strong's Lexicon
G2549 — κακία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2549 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κακία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2556 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | kakia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kak-ee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. badness 2. (subjectively) depravity 3. (actively) malignity 4. (passively) trouble |
| KJV Renderings: | evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κακία, κακίας, ἡ (κακός) (from Theognis down), the Sept. chiefly for øÇò , and øÈòÈä;
1. malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure: Rom 1:29; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; Tit 3:3; Jas 1:21; 1Pe 2:1.
2. wickedness, depravity: 1Co 5:8 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 120 (114)); ; Act 8:22 (cf. ); wickedness that is not ashamed to break the laws, 1Pe 2:16.
3. Hellenistically, evil, trouble: Mat 6:34 (as Amo 3:6; (1Sa 6:9); Ecc 7:15 (); ; Sir 19:6; 1Ma 7:23, etc.). [SYNONYMS: κακία, πονηρία: associated Rom 1:29; 1Co 5:8. According to Trench, Synonyms, § xi., endorsed by Ellicott (on Eph 4:31) and Lightfoot (on Col 3:8), κακία denotes rather the vicious disposition, πονηρία the active exercise of the same; cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 28 εἰ μέν αὐτός (i. e. Σωκράτης) ἐποίει τί φαῦλον, εἰκότως ἄν ἐδόκει πονηρός εἶναι. Αἰ δ’ αὐτός σωφρονων διετελει, πῶς ἄν δικαίως τῆς οὐκ ἐνούσης αὐτῷ κακίας αἰτίαν ἔχοι; But Fritzsche, Meyer (on Romans, the passage cited; yet cf. Weiss in edition 6), others dissent — seeming nearly to reverse this distinction; cf. Suidas under the word κακία. Ἔστιν ἡ τοῦ κακῶσαι τόν πέλας σπουδή, παρά τῷ ἀποστόλω; see πονηρός, 2 b.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κακία (evil)
Matthew 6:34
- KJV: Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself Sufficient unto the day the evil thereof
- GK: μη ουν μεριμνήσητε εις την αύριον η γαρ αύριον μεριμνήσει τα εαυτής αρκετόν τη ημέρα η κακία αυτής
Acts 8:22
- KJV: Repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray God if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee
- GK: μετανόησον ούν από της κακίας σου ταύτης και δεήθητι του θεού ει άρα αφεθήσεταί σοι η επίνοια της καρδίας σου
Romans 1:29
- KJV: Being filled with all unrighteousness fornication wickedness covetousness maliciousness full of envy murder debate deceit malignity whisperers
- GK: πεπληρωμένους πάση αδικία πορνεία πονηρία πλεονεξία κακία μεστούς φθόνου φόνου έριδος δόλου κακοηθείας ψιθυριστάς
1 Corinthians 5:8
- KJV: Therefore let us keep the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened of sincerity and truth
- GK: ώστε εορτάζωμεν μη εν ζύμη παλαιά μηδέ εν ζύμη κακίας και πονηρίας αλλ΄ εν αζύμοις ειλικρινείας και αληθείας
1 Corinthians 14:20
- KJV: Brethren be not children in understanding howbeit in malice be ye children but in understanding be men
- GK: αδελφοί μη παιδία γίνεσθε ταις φρεσίν αλλά τη κακία νηπιάζετε ταις δε φρεσί τέλειοι γίνεσθε
Ephesians 4:31
- KJV: Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice
- GK: πάσα πικρία και θυμός και οργή και κραυγή και βλασφημία αρθήτω αφ΄ υμών συν πάση κακία
Colossians 3:8
- KJV: But now ye also put off all these anger wrath malice blasphemy filthy communication out of your mouth
- GK: νυνί δε απόθεσθε και υμείς τα πάντα οργήν θυμόν κακίαν βλασφημίαν αισχρολογίαν εκ του στόματος υμών
Titus 3:3
- KJV: For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish disobedient deceived serving divers lusts and pleasures living in malice and envy hateful hating one another
- GK: ήμεν γαρ ποτε και ημείς ανόητοι απειθείς πλανώμενοι δουλεύοντες επιθυμίαις και ηδοναίς ποικίλαις εν κακία και φθόνω διάγοντες στυγητοί μισούντες αλλήλους
James 1:21
- KJV: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness and receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls
- GK: διό αποθέμενοι πάσαν ρυπαρίαν και περισσείαν κακίας εν πραϋτητι δέξασθε τον έμφυτον λόγον τον δυνάμενον σώσαι τας ψυχάς υμών
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