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Malice, Maliciousness, Malicious

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κακία

(Strong's #2549 — Noun Feminine — kakia — kak-ee'-ah )

"badness in quality" (the opposite of arete, "excellence"), "the vicious character generally" (Lightfoot), is translated "malice" in 1 Corinthians 5:8; 14:20; Ephesians 4:31; Colossians 3:8; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 2:1 , AV (RV, "wickedness;" marg., "malice"); "maliciousness" in Romans 1:29; in 1 Peter 2:16 , AV (RV, "wickedness;" marg., "malice"). Elsewhere, Matthew 6:34; Acts 8:22; James 1:21 (RV marg., "malice"). See EVIL , B, No. 1.

Note: In 2 John 1:10 , AV, poneros, "evil, wicked" (see EVIL , A. No. 2) is translated "malicious" (RV, "wicked").

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Malice, Maliciousness, Malicious'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​m/malice-maliciousness-malicious.html. 1940.
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