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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
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. bad character, depravity of heart and life
  2. malignant subtlety, malicious craftiness
Frequency Lists
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ASV (1)
Romans 1
BSB (1)
Romans 1
CSB (1)
Romans 1
ESV (1)
Romans 1
KJV (1)
Romans 1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
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
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, (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.).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** κακοήθεια

(WH, -θία ), -ας ,

(< 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 [ ]ς κακοήθεσιν.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
κακοηθείας κακοηθιας κακοηθίας kakoetheias kakoetheías kakoētheias kakoētheías
 
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