Quick Definition
κακία, ας, ἡ n.f. evil, wickedness, malice
Strong's Definition
from 2556; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble
KJV Usage: evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | κακόω
88.105 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging
wickedness, evil, badness the quality of wickedness, with the implication of that which is harmful and damaging
ACT 8:22 · ROM 1:29 · 1CO 5:8 · 1CO 14:20 · TIT 3:3 · JAS 1:21 · 1PE 2:1 · 1PE 2:16
22.5 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Trouble, Hardship, Distress
difficulties, evil a state involving difficult and distressing circumstances It may be quite difficult to find a way of translating the adage in a literal way, but one can use some such expression as ‘each day has its own way of causing trouble’ or ‘each day makes us suffer in a special way.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κακία, -as, ἡ, (kaxds), [fr. Theognis down], Sept. chiefly for }9, and ΠΡ; 1. malignity, malice, ill-will, desire toinjure: Ro.i. 29; Eph. iv. 31; Col. iii. 8; Tit. iii. $; Jas. i. 21; 1 Pet. ii. 1. 2. wickedness, depravity: 1 Co. v. 8 [ef. W. 120 (114)]; xiv. 20; Acts viii. 22 (ef. 21); wickedness that is not ashamed to break the laws, 1 Pet. ii. 16. 3. Hellenistically, evil, trouble: Mt. vi. 34 (as Amos iii. 6; [1 S. vi. 9]; Eccl. vii. 15 (14); xii. 1; Sir. xix. 6; 1 Mace. vii. 23, ete.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κακία kakia 11x
malice, malignity, Rom. 1:29; Eph. 4:31; wickedness, depravity, Acts 8:22; 1 Cor. 5:8; in NT evil, trouble, calamity, misfortune, Mt. 6:34
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κακία, -ας, ἡ
(< κακός), [in LXX chiefly for רָאָה;]
badness in quality (opp. to ἀρετή, excellence).
wickedness, depravity, malignity: Ac 8:22, Ro 1:29, I Co 5:8 14:20, Eph 4:31, Col 3:8, Tit 3:3, Ja 1:21, I Pe 2:1, 16.
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.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κακία is used in P Petr II. 23(1)9 (Ptol.) ἰδ[όϊντες τὴν κακίαν τῶν ἡμῶν, apparently of the damage done to a crop of rye and barley by hail (?): cf. P Flor 11. 176% (A.D. 256) ἐκ τῆς τῶν σύκων κακίας. In P Petr II. 19(2)5 (Ptol.) διὰ τὴν ἐν[εστ]ῶσαν Ὁ κακίαν, the reference is to the *‘idleness ueqore| certain workmen. For the stronger meaning ‘‘ malice,” τε wickedness,” see P Rein 715 (B.c. 141?) διὰ πάση]ς ἡσυχίας εἶχον τῶι μηδεμίαν ἔννοιαν [κ]ακίας ἔχειν, “je restai complétement tranquille, n’ayant aucun soupgon qwil me cherchat malice” (Ed.), P Oxy VIII. 1101? (A.D. 367— 70) εἴτε ὑπὸ κακίας ἢ Kal ὑπὸ κακο[βουλεία]ς τῆς πρ[ο]αιρέσεως, ‘‘ whether from malice or from perversity of judgment ” (Ed.); also Pretsighe 4127® ἀλότριον ἐμαυτὸν ἐποιησάμην πάσης κακείας kal wdo[ys. . (]οτος kal ἁγνεύσας és πολὺν xpév[ov. The special usage in Mt 6% is supported by the LXX, where κακία frequently translates Heb. MY) in the sense of ‘‘trouble,” ‘evil circumstances ’”’ : Sources, p. 100. cf. Kennedy
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κακία (kakia) — evil. κᾰκία, ἡ, (κακός) badness in quality, opposed to ἀρετή (excellence), [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κακίᾳ ἡνιόχων by their incapacity, [Refs] defects, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. cowardice, faint-heartedness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. moral badness, vice, μετ᾽ ἀρετῆς ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μετὰ κακίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀρετή, ὡσαύτως δὲ.. καὶ ἡ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; personified in the Fable of Prodicus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. Philos., [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. ill-repute, dishonour, κ. ἀντιλαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. hurt, damage done or suffered, [LXX+NT]