G2550

κακοήθεια

kakoētheiaG:N-F

malice

κακοήθεια (WH, -θία), -ας, ἡ (κακός, ἦθος), [in LXX: Est.8:13, 3Ma.3:22 3Mac 7:3 A, 4Ma.1:4 4Mac 3:4 * ;] malignity, malevolence: Rom.1:29 (Cremer, 329).† (AS)

The KJV translates G2550 in the following manner:

malignity (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

κακοήθεια — kakoḗtheia

κακοήθεια (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; 4Ma 1:4, where cf. Grimm, p. 299; specifically used of malignant subtlety, malicious craftiness: Rom 1:29 (3Ma 3:22; Additions to Est 8:1; Est 8:12 [Esther 8:238:12f, Esther 8:32p]; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 35, 5 [ET]; Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 4; 16, 3, 1; (contra Apion 1, 24, 4); Polybius 5, 50, 5, etc.). On the other hand, Aristotle, rhet. 2, 13 (3, p. 81) defines it τό ἐπί τό χεῖρον ὑπολαμβάνειν πάντα (taking all things in the evil part, Genevan N. T. Cf. Trench, § xi.).

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