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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2550. κακοήθεια (kakoétheia) -- Malice, wickedness, ill-will</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2550.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/20-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2550.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2550</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2549.htm" title="2549">◄</a> 2550. kakoétheia <a href="../greek/2551.htm" title="2551">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">kakoétheia: Malice, wickedness, ill-will</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κακοήθεια</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>kakoétheia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kah-ko-AY-thee-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kak-o-ay'-thi-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Malice, wickedness, ill-will<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>evil-mindedness, malignity, malevolence.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from κακός (kakos, meaning "bad" or "evil") and ἦθος (ēthos, meaning "character" or "disposition").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "kakoétheia," similar concepts can be found in words like רַע (ra, Strong's H7451) meaning "evil" or "wickedness," and מְרִירוּת (merirut, Strong's H4751) meaning "bitterness."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "kakoétheia" refers to a disposition or character marked by malice or wickedness. It denotes an internal attitude of ill-will or a desire to harm others. In the New Testament, it is used to describe a moral failing or a sinful state of the heart that opposes the virtues of love and kindness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, character and virtue were highly valued, and terms like "kakoétheia" would have been understood as significant moral failings. The concept of malice was not only a personal vice but also a social ill that could disrupt community harmony. In Jewish thought, malice was contrary to the teachings of the Torah, which emphasized love for one's neighbor and justice.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2550</b> <i>kakoḗtheia</i> (from <a href="/greek/2556.htm">2556</a> <i>/kakós</i>, "an evil, vicious disposition" and <a href="/greek/2239.htm">2239</a> <i>/ēthos</i>, "custom") – a <i>malicious</i> disposition (character) that fosters and fondles evil <i>habits</i>. <a href="/greek/2550.htm">2550</a> <i>/kakoḗtheia</i> ("malignity") inevitably shows itself in acts of deceit (treachery) – i.e. what is <i>characteristic</i> of " 'evil-<i>mindedness</i>' that puts the worst construction on everything" (Souter).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2556.htm">kakos</a> and <a href="/greek/2239.htm">éthos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>malevolence<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>malice (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2550: κακοήθεια</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κακοήθεια</span></span> (<span class="greek2">κακοηθια</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>; see Iota), <span class="greek2">κακοηθείας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (from <span class="greek2">κακοήθης</span>, and this from <span class="greek2">κακός</span> and <span class="greek2">ἦθος</span>), <span class="accented">bad character, depravity of heart and life,</span> <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Isocrates</span>, others; 4 Macc. 1:4, where cf. Grimm, p. 299; specifically used of <span class="accented">malignant subtlety, malicious craftiness</span>: <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-29.htm">Romans 1:29</a> (3Macc. 3:22; Additions to Esther 8:1, 12<FOOTNOTE:10> [<a href="/interlinear/esther/8-23.htm">Esther 8:23</a><span class="bibref">8:12f</span>, <a href="/interlinear/esther/8-32.htm">Esther 8:32</a><span class="bibref">p</span>]; <span class="abbreviation">Clement of Rome</span>, 1 Cor. 35, 5 [ET]; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 1, 1, 4; 16, 3, 1; (contra Apion 1, 24, 4); <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span> 5, 50, 5, etc.). On the other hand, <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, rhet. 2, 13 (3, p. 81) defines it <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπί</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">χεῖρον</span> <span class="greek2">ὑπολαμβάνειν</span> <span class="greek2">πάντα</span> (<span class="accented">taking all things in the evil part,</span> Genevan N. T. Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § xi.).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>malice, malevolence<p>From a compound of <a href="/greek/2556.htm">kakos</a> and <a href="/greek/2239.htm">ethos</a>; bad character, i.e. (specially) mischievousness -- malignity. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2556.htm">kakos</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2239.htm">ethos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κακοηθείας κακοηθιας κακοηθίας kakoetheias kakoetheías kakoētheias kakoētheías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/1-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔριδος δόλου <b>κακοηθείας</b> ψιθυριστάς </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> deceit, <span class="itali">malice;</span> [they are] gossips,<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> debate, deceit, <span class="itali">malignity;</span> whisperers,<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> strife deceit <span class="itali">malice</span> gossips<p><b><a href="/greek/2550.htm">Strong's Greek 2550</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2550.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kakoe_theias_2550.htm">κακοηθείας — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2549.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2549"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2549" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2551.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2551"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2551" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>