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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.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 11 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:34 - “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:22 - “Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:29 - being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[fn] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - Therefore let us keep 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:20 - Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:31 - Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:8 - But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:21 - Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:1 - Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16 - as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
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