ΚΑΚΟΗΘΕΙΑ, κακοηθεια
KAKOĒTHEIA, kakoētheia
Sounds Like: kah-koe-AY-thee-ah
Translations: malice, a malice, ill will, a mischievous disposition, a mischievousness, an evil disposition, a malevolence
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΗΘΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a malicious or mischievous disposition, characterized by ill will or a desire to cause harm or trouble. It describes a character trait where one takes pleasure in doing evil or in the misfortunes of others. It is a compound word derived from 'κακός' (bad, evil) and 'ἦθος' (custom, character).
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Genitive, Dative, or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2550 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΟΗΘΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΕΙΑΙ — malice, malignity, mischievousness, ill-will, malices, malignities
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΕΙΑΝ — malice, a malice, ill will, a mischievousness, a maliciousness, a malignity, a depravity
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΕΙΑΣ — of ill will, of malice, of malevolence, of malignity, of an evil disposition, of a malicious disposition
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