Lexicon kakoétheia: malevolence Original Word: κακοήθεια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kakoétheia Phonetic Spelling: (kak-o-ay'-thi-ah) Short Definition: evil-mindedness Definition: evil-mindedness, malignity, malevolence. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 2550 kakoḗtheia (from 2556 /kakós, "an evil, vicious disposition" and 2239 /ēthos, "custom") – a malicious disposition (character) that fosters and fondles evil habits. 2550 /kakoḗtheia ("malignity") inevitably shows itself in acts of deceit (treachery) – i.e. what is characteristic of " 'evil-mindedness' that puts the worst construction on everything" (Souter). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kakos and éthosDefinitionmalevolence NASB Translationmalice (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2550: κακοήθειακακοήθεια ( κακοηθια WH; see Iota), κακοηθείας, ἡ (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.).
Strong's malice, malevolence From a compound of kakos and ethos; bad character, i.e. (specially) mischievousness -- malignity. see GREEK kakos see GREEK ethos |
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