Greek noun (feminine) · G2549
κακία
kakiakak-ee'-ah
badness in quality (opposite to ἀρετή, excellence).; wickedness, depravity, malignity; In late Gk., evil, trouble, affliction
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kakía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2549is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2549
badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
The King James renders it: evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kakia is rendered "badness in quality (opposite to ἀρετή, excellence).; wickedness, depravity, malignity; In late Gk., evil, trouble, affliction". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "badness in quality (opposite to ἀρετή, excellence).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34κακία
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: badness in quality (opposite to ἀρετή, excellence)., and wickedness, depravity, malignity, and In late Gk., evil, trouble, affliction.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| badness in quality (opposite to ἀρετή, excellence). | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 6:34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself… |
| wickedness, depravity, malignityAct.8:22, Rom.1:29, 1Co.5:8 14:20, Eph.4:31, Col.3:8, Tit.3:3, Jas.1:21, 1Pe.2:1 2:16. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 8:22Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord… |
| In late Gk., evil, trouble, affliction | Tagged as
| Where1 Samuel 6:9but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κακίᾳ4
- κακίας4
- κακίαν2
- κακία1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular4N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular4N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Matthew
one use
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
- κακίαkakianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: trouble
Acts
one use
Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
- κακίαςkakiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: wickedness
Romans
one use
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
- κακίᾳkakianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: malice
1 Corinthians
two uses
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
- κακίαςkakiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of malice
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- κακίᾳkakianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: evil
Ephesians
one use
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- κακίᾳkakianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: malice
Colossians
one use
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- κακίανkakiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: malice
Titus
one use
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- κακίᾳkakianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: malice
James
one use
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- κακίαςkakiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of wickedness
1 Peter
two uses
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- κακίανkakiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: malice
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
- κακίαςkakiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: for evil
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.