Strong's Concordance 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). Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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 Strong's Exhaustive Concordance malice, malevolenceFrom a compound of kakos and ethos; bad character, i.e. (specially) mischievousness -- malignity. see GREEK kakos see GREEK ethos Forms and Transliterations κακοηθείας κακοηθιας κακοηθίας kakoetheias kakoetheías kakoētheias kakoētheíasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 25501 Occurrence κακοηθείας — 1 Occ. Romans 1:29 N-GFS GRK: ἔριδος δόλου κακοηθείας ψιθυριστάς NAS: deceit, malice; [they are] gossips, KJV: debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, INT: strife deceit malice gossips |