ΚΑΚΟΗΘΗ, κακοηθη
KAKOĒTHĒ, kakoēthē
Sounds Like: kah-ko-AY-thay
Translations: malicious, evil-minded, malignant, mischievous, ill-natured, malicious things, evil-minded things
From the root: ΚΑΚΟΗΘΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is malicious, ill-natured, or evil-minded. It is a compound word formed from ΚΑΚΟΣ (bad, evil) and ΗΘΟΣ (custom, character, disposition). It refers to a disposition or character that is inherently bad or prone to evil. It can be used to describe actions, intentions, or people.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G2559 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 2:16
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 20:149
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:103
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 2:16
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
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΗΣ — malicious, ill-natured, malignant, evil-minded, a malicious person
- ΚΑΚΟΗΘΩΣ — maliciously, spitefully, wickedly, mischievously, with ill-will
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