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Strong's #2549 - κακία
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- malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure
- wickedness, depravity
- wickedness that is not ashamed to break laws
- evil, trouble
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κᾰκία, ἡ,
(κακός)
I
1. badness in quality, opp. ἀρετή (excellence), Thgn. 322, S. OT 512 (lyr.), Pl. Smp. 181e, R. 348c, etc.; κακίᾳ ἡνιόχων by their incapacity, Id. Phdr. 248b: pl., κακίαι defects, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 6.
2. cowardice, faint-heartedness, Th. 2.87, Pl. R. 556d; κ. καὶ ἀνανδρία Id. Cri. 46a.
3. moral badness, vice, μετ' ἀρετῆς ἀλλ' οὐ μετὰ κακίας And. 1.56; ἡ ἀρετή, ὡσαύτως δὲ.. καὶ ἡ κ. Pl. Men. 72a, etc.; personified in the Fable of Prodicus, X. Mem. 2.1.26: pl., περὶ κακιῶν, title of treatise by Philodemus.
4. Philos., Evil, ὕλη κακίας αἰτία Plot. 1.8.14.
II
1. ill-repute, dishonour, κ. ἀντιλαβεῖν Th. 3.58.
2. hurt, damage done or suffered, LXX 1 Samuel 6:9, 1 Maccabees 7:23, Matthew 6:34.
κακία, κακίας, ἡ (κακός) (from Theognis down), the Sept. chiefly for רַע , and רָעָה;
1. malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure: Romans 1:29; Ephesians 4:31; Colossians 3:8; Titus 3:3; James 1:21; 1 Peter 2:1.
2. wickedness, depravity: 1 Corinthians 5:8 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 120 (114));
3. Hellenistically, evil, trouble: Matthew 6:34 (as Amos 3:6; (1 Samuel 6:9); Ecclesiastes 7:15 (
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κακία , -ας , ἡ
(< κακός ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7200;]
1. badness in quality (opp. to ἀρετή , excellence).
2. wickedness, depravity, malignity: Acts 8:22, Romans 1:29, 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Corinthians 14:20, Ephesians 4:31, Colossians 3:8, Titus 3:3, James 1:21, 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:16.
3. In late Gk., evil, trouble, affliction (Amos 3:6, 1 Samuel 6:9, Ecclesiastes 7:15, Sirach 19:6, al.): Matthew 6:34 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
SYN.: (πονηρία G4189)
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κακία is used in P Petr II. 23(1).9 (Ptol.) ἰδ [ό ]ντες τὴν κακίαν τῶν ἡμῶν, apparently of the damage done to a crop of rye and barley by hail (?) : cf. P Flor II. 176.11 (A.D. 256) ἐκ τῆς τῶν σύκων κακίας. In P Petr II. 19(2).5 (Ptol.) διὰ τὴν ἐν [εστ ]ῶσαν ? κακίαν, the reference is to the ";idleness"; of certain workmen. For the stronger meaning ";malice,"; ";wickedness,"; see P Rein 7.15 (B.C. 141 ?) διὰ πάση ]ς ̣ ἡσυχίας εἶχον τῶι μηδεμίαν ἔννοιαν [κ ]ακίας ἔχειν, ";je restai complètement tranquille, n’ayant aucun soupçon qu’il me cherchât malice"; (Ed.), P Oxy VIII. 1101.7 (A.D. 367–70) εἴτε ὑπὸ κακίας ἢ καὶ ὑπὸ κακο [βουλεία ]ς τῆς πρ [ο ]αιρέσεως, ";whether from malice or from perversity of judgment"; (Ed.); also Preisigke 4127.6 ἀλότριον ἐμαυτὸν ἐποιησάμην πάσης κακείας καὶ πάσ [ης. . . ]οτος καὶ ἁγνεύσας ἐς πολὺν χρόν [ον. The special usage in Matthew 6:34 is supported by the LXX, where κακία frequently translates Heb. רָעָה in the sense of ";trouble,"; ";evil circumstances"; : cf. Kennedy Sources, p. 100.
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