2549. kakia
Strong's Lexicon
kakia: Wickedness, malice, evil, depravity

Original Word: κακία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kakia
Pronunciation: kä-kē'-ä
Phonetic Spelling: (kak-ee'-ah)
Definition: Wickedness, malice, evil, depravity
Meaning: (a) evil (i.e. trouble, labor, misfortune), (b) wickedness, (c) vicious disposition, malice, spite.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word κακός (kakos), meaning "bad" or "evil."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "kakia" is רַע (ra, Strong's H7451), which also denotes evil or wickedness.

Usage: In the New Testament, "kakia" refers to a state of moral corruption and wickedness. It encompasses a broad range of evil behaviors and intentions, including malice, ill-will, and a general disposition towards wrongdoing. The term is often used to describe the inherent sinful nature of humanity and the moral depravity that opposes God's righteousness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, "kakia" was understood as a fundamental flaw in character, often contrasted with "aretē" (virtue). The concept of moral evil was not only a philosophical concern but also a practical one, as societies sought to define and uphold standards of good conduct. In the Jewish context, "kakia" would have been associated with behaviors and attitudes contrary to the Law of Moses and the ethical teachings of the Hebrew Scriptures.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2549 kakía (from 2554 /kakopoiéō, "a wicked disposition") – properly, the underlying principle of evil (inherent evil) which is present, even if not outwardly expressed.

[2549 /kakía ("malice") shares the same essential meaning as 2556 /kakós ("wretched evil," its adjectival cognate).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kakos
Definition
wickedness
NASB Translation
evil (3), malice (5), trouble (1), wickedness (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2549: κακία

κακία, κακίας, (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)); ; Acts 8:22 (cf. ); 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 (); ; Sir. 19:6; 1 Macc. 7:23, etc.). [SYNONYMS: κακία, πονηρία: associated Romans 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:8. According to Trench, Synonyms, § xi., endorsed by Ellicott (on Ephesians 4:31) and Lightfoot (on Colossians 3:8), κακία denotes rather the vicious disposition, πονηρία the active exercise of the same; cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 28 εἰ μέν αὐτός (i. e. Σωκράτης) ἐποίει τί φαῦλον, εἰκότως ἄν ἐδόκει πονηρός εἶναι. Αἰ δ' αὐτός σωφρονων διετελει, πῶς ἄν δικαίως τῆς οὐκ ἐνούσης αὐτῷ κακίας αἰτίαν ἔχοι; But Fritzsche, Meyer (on Romans, the passage cited; yet cf. Weiss in edition 6), others dissent — seeming nearly to reverse this distinction; cf. Suidas under the word κακία. Ἔστιν τοῦ κακῶσαι τόν πέλας σπουδή, παρά τῷ ἀποστόλω; see πονηρός, 2 b.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
evil, malice, naughtiness, wickedness.

From kakos; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble -- evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.

see GREEK kakos

Forms and Transliterations
καίας κακια κακία κακίᾳ κακίαι κακίαις κακιαν κακίαν κακιας κακίας κακιών kakia kakía kakíāi kakian kakían kakias kakías
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 6:34 N-NFS
GRK: ἡμέρᾳ ἡ κακία αὐτῆς
NAS: has enough trouble of its own.
KJV: unto the day [is] the evil thereof.
INT: day [is] the trouble of it

Acts 8:22 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας σου ταύτης
NAS: of this wickedness of yours,
KJV: this thy wickedness, and pray
INT: of the wickedness of you this

Romans 1:29 N-DFS
GRK: πονηρίᾳ πλεονεξίᾳ κακίᾳ μεστοὺς φθόνου
NAS: wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy,
KJV: covetousness, maliciousness; full
INT: wickedness covetousness malice full of envy

1 Corinthians 5:8 N-GFS
GRK: ἐν ζύμῃ κακίας καὶ πονηρίας
NAS: with the leaven of malice and wickedness,
KJV: the leaven of malice and
INT: with leaven of malice and wickedness

1 Corinthians 14:20 N-DFS
GRK: ἀλλὰ τῇ κακίᾳ νηπιάζετε ταῖς
NAS: yet in evil be infants,
KJV: howbeit in malice be ye children,
INT: but in the [regard to] evil be little children in the [regard to]

Ephesians 4:31 N-DFS
GRK: σὺν πάσῃ κακίᾳ
NAS: from you, along with all malice.
KJV: with all malice:
INT: with all malice

Colossians 3:8 N-AFS
GRK: ὀργήν θυμόν κακίαν βλασφημίαν αἰσχρολογίαν
NAS: wrath, malice, slander,
KJV: wrath, malice, blasphemy,
INT: anger rage malice slander foul language

Titus 3:3 N-DFS
GRK: ποικίλαις ἐν κακίᾳ καὶ φθόνῳ
NAS: spending our life in malice and envy,
KJV: living in malice and envy,
INT: various in malice and envy

James 1:21 N-GFS
GRK: καὶ περισσείαν κακίας ἐν πραΰτητι
NAS: and [all] that remains of wickedness, in humility
KJV: superfluity of naughtiness, and receive
INT: and abounding of wickedness in humility

1 Peter 2:1 N-AFS
GRK: οὖν πᾶσαν κακίαν καὶ πάντα
NAS: all malice and all
KJV: laying aside all malice, and all
INT: therefore all malice and all

1 Peter 2:16 N-GFS
GRK: ἔχοντες τῆς κακίας τὴν ἐλευθερίαν
NAS: as a covering for evil, but [use it] as bondslaves
KJV: for a cloke of maliciousness, but as
INT: having of the evil the freedom

Strong's Greek 2549
11 Occurrences


κακία — 5 Occ.
κακίαν — 2 Occ.
κακίας — 4 Occ.

















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