Dictionary entry

κακία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κακία, -ας, ἡ

(< κακός), [in LXX chiefly for רָאָה;]

1. badness in quality (opp. to ἀρετή, excellence).

2. wickedness, depravity, malignity: Ac 8:22, Ro 1:29, I Co 5:814:20, Eph 4:31, Col 3:8, Tit 3:3, Ja 1:21, I Pe 2:1, 16.

3. In late Gk., evil, trouble, affliction (Am 3:6, I Ki 6:9, Ec 7:15, Si 19:6, al.): Mt 6:34 (cf. MM, Exp., xv).†

SYN.: πονηρία.