Malice, Maliciousness, Malicious - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Malice, Maliciousness, Malicious

[ 1,,G2549, kakia ]
badness in quality" (the opposite of arete, "excellence"), "the vicious character generally" (Lightfoot), is translated "malice" in 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Ephesians 4:31; Colossians 3:8; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 2:1, AV (RV, "wickedness;" marg., "malice"); "maliciousness" in Romans 1:29; in 1 Peter 2:16, AV (RV, "wickedness;" marg., "malice"). Elsewhere, Matthew 6:34; Acts 8:22; James 1:21 (RV marg., "malice"). See EVIL, B, No. 1.

Note: In 2 John 1:10, AV, poneros, "evil, wicked" (See EVIL, A. No. 2) is translated "malicious" (RV, "wicked").

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