κακία
kakía · G2549 · Greek · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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wickedness, evil, badness
The quality of wickedness, with the implication of that which is harmful and damaging
ExamplesActs 8:22 “Therefore, repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart will be forgiven you.
Romans 1:29 people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips,
1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let’s celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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difficulties, evil
A state involving difficult and distressing circumstances
ExamplesMatthew 6:34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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hateful feeling
A feeling of hostility and strong dislike, with a possible implication of desiring to do harm
ExamplesEphesians 4:31 All bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.
Colossians 3:8 But now you also, rid yourselves of all of them: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene speech from your mouth.
1 Peter 2:1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- σύyou 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀποτίθημιto put away 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀρκετόςsufficient 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐνin 2
- σύνwith, together with 2
- ἀπόfrom 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐπικάλυμαmeans of hiding 1
- ζύμηleaven, yeast 1
- περισσείαabundance 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- רַע raʻ · H7451 · bad, evil, wicked
- Hebrew רַע encompasses both moral evil (κακία's core sense) and general adversity/calamity, with the LXX using κακία to render the moral-depravity subset of רַע's broader semantic range.
- רֹעַ rôaʻ · H7455 · bad, ugly, sadness
- Greek κακία denotes moral badness/depravity and malicious intent as abstract qualities, while Hebrew רֹעַ denotes evil, wickedness, and moral badness with broader application to both ethical depravity and calamitous circumstances; both terms share the core semantic field of moral evil and badness, making them direct cross-linguistic equivalents in ethical-theological contexts.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Difficulties, evil22.5
- In Matthew 6:34, Jesus teaches, “do not worry about tomorrow... Each day has enough trouble of its own,” using this word for the difficulty or hardship a day may bring.
- Wickedness, evil, badness88.105
- In Romans 1:29, Paul lists among the marks of a depraved mind people “filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice,” using this word for wickedness or badness of character.
- Hateful feeling88.199
- In 1 Corinthians 5:8, Paul urges the church, “let's celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth,” using this word for an ill or hateful disposition toward others.
Word family 20 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κακίας, ἡ (κακός) (from Theognis down), the Sept. chiefly for רַע, and רָעָה; 1.…
1. malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure: Rom 1:29; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; Tit 3:3; Jas 1:21; 1 Pet 2:1.
2. wickedness, depravity: 1 Cor 5:8 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 120 (114)); ; Acts 8:22 (cf. ); wickedness that is not ashamed to break the laws, 1 Pet 2:16.
3. Hellenistically, evil, trouble: Mt 6:34 (as Amos 3:6; (1 Sam 6:9); Eccl 7:15 (); ; Sir. 19:6; 1 Macc. 7:23, etc.).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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