Bible Dictionary: Malice

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Enmity of heart; malevolence; ill will; a spirit delighting in harm or misfortune to another; a disposition to injure another; a malignant design of evil.

2. (n.) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness.

3. (v. t.) To regard with extreme ill will.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MALICE, MALIGNITY

mal'-is, ma-lig'-ni-ti (kakia, poneros, kakoetheia): "Malice," now used in the sense of deliberate ill-will, by its derivation means badness, or wickedness generally, and was so used in Older English. In the Apocrypha it is the translation of kakia, "evil," "badness" (The Wisdom of Solomon 12:10, 20; 16:14; 2 Maccabees 4:50, the Revised Version (British and American) "wickedness"); in Ecclesiasticus 27:30; 28:7, we have "malice" in the more restricted sense as the translation of menis, "confirmed anger." In the New Testament "malice" and "maliciousness" are the translation of kakia (Romans 1:29 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Corinthians 14:20 Colossians 3:8); malicious is the translation of poneros, "evil" (3 John 1:10, the Revised Version (British and American) "wicked"); it also occurs in Additions to Esther 13:4, 7, verse 4, "malignant"; The Wisdom of Solomon 1:4, the Revised Version (British and American) that deviseth evil"; 2 Maccabees 5:23; malignity occurs in Romans 1:29 as the translation of kakoetheia, "evil disposition"; "maliciously," Susanna verses 43, 62; 2 Maccabees 14:11, the Revised Version (British and American) "having ill will."

W. L. Walker

Greek

2549. kakia -- wickedness
... wickedness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kakia Phonetic Spelling:
(kak-ee'-ah) Short Definition: evil, wickedness, malice Definition: (a ...
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4189. poneria -- iniquity
... See 4190 (). Word Origin from poneros Definition iniquity NASB Word Usage malice
(1), wicked ways (1), wickedness (5). iniquity, wickedness. ...
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2550. kakoetheia -- malevolence
... everything" (Souter). Word Origin from kakos and ethos Definition malevolence
NASB Word Usage malice (1). malice, malevolence. From a ...
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3570. nuni -- now
... Col 3:8: "But (3570 ) you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice,
slander, and abusive speech from your mouth" (). 3570 ...
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4190. poneros -- toilsome, bad
... also (passively) ill, ie Diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, ie Derelict,
vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt ...
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2556. kakos -- bad, evil
... 2556 (an adjective, and the root of 2549 , "inner malice") -- properly, inwardly , ();
(figuratively) inner flowing out of a character (= the "rot is already ...
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2205. zelos -- to have warmth of feeling for or against, to be ...
... 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 ...
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2635. katalaleo -- to speak evil of
... to," intensifying 2980 , "to prattle on") -- properly, speak to in a hostile, deriding
way; to mock (revile), from someone's reputation by "malice of speech ...
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420. anexikakos -- enduring evil
... 420 (an adjective, derived from 430 , "to bear " and 2556 , "malice, evil") -- properly,
the quality of (), especially when (treated unjustly), ie when ...
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1225. diaballo -- to bring charges (usually with hostile intent)
... 1225 -- properly, "to throw across (back and forth), "either with rocks or words
(with slander, gossip, used only in Lk 16:1). The word implies malice even if ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7169. qarats -- to nip, pinch
... A primitive root; to pinch, ie (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as
a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to ...
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Library

Of that Cause of Sin which is Malice (Four Articles)
... OF THAT CAUSE OF SIN WHICH IS MALICE (FOUR ARTICLES). We must ... malice: and under
this head there are four points of inquiry: (1) Whether ...
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Whether the Goodness and Malice of the External Action are the ...
... OF GOODNESS AND MALICE IN EXTERNAL HUMAN AFFAIRS (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the goodness
and malice of the external action are the same as those of the interior act ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the goodness and malice.htm

Of the Goodness and Malice of Sorrow or Pain (Four Articles)
... OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF SORROW OR PAIN (FOUR ARTICLES). We must now
consider the goodness and malice of pain or sorrow: under ...
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Of the Goodness and Malice of the Interior Act of the Will (Ten ...
... OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES).
We must now consider the goodness of the interior act ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of the goodness and malice.htm

Whether the Whole Goodness and Malice of the External Action ...
... OF GOODNESS AND MALICE IN EXTERNAL HUMAN AFFAIRS (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the whole
goodness and malice of the external action depends on the goodness of the will ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the whole goodness and.htm

The Malice of the Angels with Regard to Sin (Nine Articles)
... THE MALICE OF THE ANGELS WITH REGARD TO SIN (NINE ARTICLES). In the next
place we must consider how angels became evil: first of ...
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Whether Anyone Sins through Certain Malice?
... OF THAT CAUSE OF SIN WHICH IS MALICE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether anyone sins through
certain malice? ... Because ignorance is opposed to purpose or certain malice. ...
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Whether Goodness or Malice is First in the Action of the Will, or ...
... OF GOODNESS AND MALICE IN EXTERNAL HUMAN AFFAIRS (SIX ARTICLES) Whether goodness
or malice is first in the action of the will, or in the external action? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether goodness or malice is.htm

Whether the Degree of Goodness or Malice in the Will Depends on ...
... OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL (TEN ARTICLES) Whether
the degree of goodness or malice in the will depends on the degree of good or ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the degree of goodness.htm

Of Goodness and Malice in External Human Affairs (Six Articles)
... OF GOODNESS AND MALICE IN EXTERNAL HUMAN AFFAIRS (SIX ARTICLES). ... (1) Whether goodness
and malice is first in the act of the will, or in the external action? ...
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Thesaurus

Malice (24 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To regard with extreme ill will. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
MALICE, MALIGNITY. mal'-is, ma-lig'-ni-ti (kakia, poneros ...
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Malignity (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent
enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. ...MALICE, MALIGNITY. ...
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Malicious (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Indulging or exercising malice; harboring
ill will or enmity. 2. (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ...
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Murder (41 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The offense of killing a human being with malice pretense or aforethought,
express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. ...
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Envy (56 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Malice; ill will; spite. ... 13. (vi) To show malice
or ill will; to rail. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ENVY. ...
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Grudge (11 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To feel compunction or grief. 5. (n.) Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished
malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel. ...
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Rage (43 Occurrences)
... NIV). Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander,
be put away from you, with all malice. (See NIV). Colossians ...
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Railing (9 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing,
be put away from you, with all malice: (ASV). Colossians ...
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Evil-speaking (5 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and
evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (WBS YLT). ...
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Despite (18 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate. 3. (n.) An
act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt. ...
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Bible Concordance

Malice (24 Occurrences)

Matthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
(See NAS RSV)

Mark 7:22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
(See NIV)

Romans 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
(WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 3:8 but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
(KJV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 2:16 as free, and not as having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen.
(DBY)

Numbers 35:20 If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:42 that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 19:4 This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 19:6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.
(See NIV)

Joshua 20:5 If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn't hate him before.
(See NIV)

Job 6:30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?
(See NIV)

Psalms 28:3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
(See NIV)

Psalms 41:5 My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 55:10 Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 73:8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Proverbs 26:26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
(WEB NIV)

Ezekiel 25:6 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of your soul against the land of Israel;
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 25:15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with despite of soul to destroy with perpetual enmity;
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 36:5 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
(See NIV)

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