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Malice

2Greek/Hebrew entries

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Greek G2205 zēlos

Original: ζῆλος

Meaning:
from ζέω; properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice):--emulation, envy(-ing), fervent mind, indignation, jealousy, zeal.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice):--emulation, envy(-ing), fervent mind, indignation, jealousy, zeal.

Greek G2549 kakía

Original: κακία

Meaning:
from κακός; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble:--evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble:--evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.

Verses containing this word showing 6 of 6

^{1 Corinthians 5:8} Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Open

^{1 Corinthians 14:20} Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. Open

^{Ephesians 4:31} Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: Open

^{Colossians 3:8} But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Open

^{Titus 3:3} For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. Open

^{1 Peter 2:1} Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, Open

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