ΚΑΚΟΗΘΗΣ, κακοηθης
KAKOĒTHĒS, kakoēthēs
Sounds Like: kah-koh-AY-thays
Translations: malicious, ill-natured, malignant, evil-minded, a malicious person
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΗΘΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective describing someone or something that is evil-minded, malicious, or malignant. It refers to a disposition or character that is inherently bad or harmful, often implying a desire to cause trouble or harm to others. It can be used to describe a person, a disease, or a general disposition.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2559 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 1:25
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 1:25
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 2:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΚΟΗΘΗΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΕΙΣ — malicious, evil-minded, ill-natured, mischievous, spiteful, malicious ones
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΕΣ — malicious, malignant, ill-natured, evil-minded, mischievous, a malicious thing
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΗ — malicious, evil-minded, malignant, mischievous, ill-natured, malicious things, evil-minded things
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΩΣ — maliciously, spitefully, wickedly, mischievously, with ill-will
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