ΚΑΚΙΑΣ, κακιας
KAKIAS, kakias
Sounds Like: kah-KEE-as
Translations: (of) evil, (of) malice, (of) wickedness, (of) depravity, evil, an evil, malice, a malice, wickedness, a wickedness, depravity, a depravity
From the root: ΚΑΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the inherent badness, wickedness, or depravity of character. It can also denote malice or ill-will towards others. It is often used in contexts describing moral corruption or harmful actions stemming from a bad disposition.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2549 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:188
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 45:7
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 5:4, 9:61, 10:46
- Psalms — 106:34
- Proverbs — 16:30
- Ecclesiastes — 7:14, 12:1
- Job — 17:5
- Wisdom — 12:2, 12:20
- Sirach — 14:6
- Jeremiah — 1:16, 4:14, 7:12, 8:6, 11:15, 11:17, 12:4, 15:7, 28:24
- Jonah — 1:2
- Acts of the Apostles — 8:22
- 1 Corinthians — 5:8
- James — 1:21
- 1 Peter — 2:16
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 19:3
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 2:60, 3:72, 3:75
- Book 2 — 14:307
- Book 3 — 1:6
- Book 4 — 3:50
- Book 8 — 4:120, 12:302
- Book 11 — 2:28
- Book 17 — 5:142, 12:325, 12:337
- Book 18 — 1:13, 1:14
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 25:4
- Book Two — 8:40, 21:1
- Book Four — 5:21, 6:35
- Book Five — 9:55, 10:23
- Book Seven — 8:18
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 6:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:6
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 14:2, 27:4, 41:1, 65:2, 74:4, 107:2, 109:1, 110:3, 114:4, 136:2, 142:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 31:18
- 2 Samuel — 13:16
- 1 Kings — 13:33
- Ezra (Alpha) — 2:24
- 1 Maccabees — 5:4, 9:61, 10:46
- 2 Maccabees — 4:47, 6:3, 7:31
- 3 Maccabees — 2:25
- Psalms — 106:34
- Psalms of Solomon — 4:5
- Proverbs — 16:30
- Ecclesiastes — 7:15, 12:1
- Job — 17:5
- Wisdom — 12:2, 12:20
- Sirach — 14:6
- Jeremiah — 1:16, 4:14, 7:12, 8:6, 11:15, 11:17, 12:4, 15:7, 16:18, 28:24
- Ezekiel — 16:23, 16:37, 16:57, 22:12
- Hosea — 7:2, 9:15
- Jonah — 1:2
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
- ΚΑΚΙΑΝ — evil, malice, wickedness, depravity, mischief, an evil, a malice
- ΚΑΚΙΑΤΟ — evil, wickedness, malice, a vice, an evil
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