ΚΑΚΙΑΝ, κακιαν
KAKIAN, kakian
Sounds Like: ka-KEE-an
Translations: evil, malice, wickedness, depravity, mischief, an evil, a malice
From the root: ΚΑΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to inherent badness, moral depravity, or a malicious disposition. It can describe a state of wickedness or an act of mischief or harm. It is often used in a moral sense to denote vice or ill-will.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2549 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 2:8
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 35:8
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 8:3
- 1 Maccabees — 7:23, 7:42
- 4 Maccabees — 2:12
- Psalms — 49:19, 51:5
- Proverbs — 1:16, 14:18, 19:7, 19:9
- Ecclesiastes — 5:12
- Job — 27:5
- Sirach — 14:7, 25:19, 33:28
- Zechariah — 7:10, 8:17
- Colossians — 3:8
- 1 Peter — 2:1
- Epistle of Barnabas — 2:8
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:97
- Book 3 — 1:3
- Book 4 — 8:287
- Book 5 — 8:245
- Book 17 — 5:133, 9:246
- Book 18 — 3:84
- Book 20 — 2:22
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:4
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 12:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:4, 0:6, 0:7, 0:11
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 22:10, 55:3
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 10:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Samuel — 6:9, 12:19, 12:20, 23:9, 25:39, 29:6, 29:7
- 2 Samuel — 3:25, 3:39, 15:14
- 1 Kings — 2:44, 9:9, 16:7, 20:29, 21:7
- 1 Chronicles — 21:8
- 2 Chronicles — 7:22
- Esther — 8:3
- Judith — 2:2
- 1 Maccabees — 7:23, 7:42
- 2 Maccabees — 4:4, 9:4
- 4 Maccabees — 2:12
- Psalms — 49:19, 51:5
- Psalms of Solomon — 17:29
- Proverbs — 13:16, 14:18, 19:4, 19:6
- Ecclesiastes — 5:12
- Sirach — 14:7, 25:19, 30:37
- Zechariah — 7:10, 8:17
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 29:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΚΙ — evil, wickedness, malice, depravity, a vice, an evil
- ΚΑΚΙΑʼ — evil, malice, wickedness, depravity, a vice, a trouble, a misfortune
- ΚΑΚΙΑΙ — evil, wickedness, malice, a vice, a depravity
- ΚΑΚΙΑΙΣ — (to) evils, (to) wickedness, (to) malice, (to) depravity
- ΚΑΚΙΑΣ — (of) evil, (of) malice, (of) wickedness, (of) depravity, evil, an evil, malice, a malice, wickedness, a wickedness, depravity, a depravity
- ΚΑΚΙΑΤΟ — evil, wickedness, malice, a vice, an evil
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