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Lexicon :: Strong's G2549 - kakia

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κακία
Transliteration
kakia (Key)
Pronunciation
kak-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:482,391

Trench's Synonyms: xi. κακία, κακοήθεια.

Strong’s Definitions

κακία kakía, kak-ee'-ah; from G2556; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble:—evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2549 in the following manner: malice (6x), maliciousness (2x), evil (1x), wickedness (1x), naughtiness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2549 in the following manner: malice (6x), maliciousness (2x), evil (1x), wickedness (1x), naughtiness (1x).

  1. malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure

  2. wickedness, depravity

    1. wickedness that is not ashamed to break laws

  3. evil, trouble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κακία kakía, kak-ee'-ah; from G2556; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble:—evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.
STRONGS G2549:
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)); 1 Corinthians 14:20; Acts 8:22 (cf. Acts 8:21); wickedness that is not ashamed to break the laws, 1 Peter 2:16.
3. Hellenistically, evil, trouble: Matthew 6:34 (as Amos 3:6; (1 Samuel 6:9); Ecclesiastes 7:15 (Ecclesiastes 7:14); Ecclesiastes 12:1; Sir. 19:6; 1 Macc. 7:23, etc.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
6:9
Ecclesiastes
7:14; 7:15; 12:1
Amos
3:6
Matthew
6:34
Acts
8:21; 8:22
Romans
1:29
1 Corinthians
5:8; 14:20
Ephesians
4:31
Colossians
3:8
Titus
3:3
James
1:21
1 Peter
2:1; 2:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2549 matches the Greek κακία (kakia),
which occurs 109 times in 106 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:5–Est 8:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5 - And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:14 - And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:18 - And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56 - Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:3 - (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:12 - And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 - Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:34 - And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:41 - And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:9 - And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 - And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:25 - But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7 - If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:9 - And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:11 - Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17 - Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:7 - Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:25 - Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:52 - And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44 - The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:25 - And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 - After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:7 - Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:29 - Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:33 - And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:10 - Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:8 - And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:22 - And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:19 - Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

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