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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Indulging or exercising malice; harboring ill will or enmity.

2. (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief.

3. (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act.

Greek

2551. kakologeo -- to speak ill of
... 2551 (from 2556 , "a malicious disposition" and 3004 , "speaking to a conclusion") --
properly, to speak evil, using malicious, damaging words that are (). ...
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4190. poneros -- toilsome, bad
... Adjective Transliteration: poneros Phonetic Spelling: (pon-ay-ros') Short Definition:
evil, bad, wicked Definition: evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. ...
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3789. ophis -- a snake
... Probably from optanomai (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake,
figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially ...
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2555. kakopoios -- an evildoer
... 2555 (from 2556 , "of a malicious disposition" and 4160 , "make") -- properly, an
evil-doer, someone who makes trouble (inflicts harm), ie to injure (damage). ...
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2553. kakopatheo -- to suffer evil
... 2553 (from 2556 , "of a malicious disposition" and 3806 , "pain") -- properly,
experiencing hardship (suffering) that to be a "setback" but really isn't. ...
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1228. diabolos -- slanderous, accusing falsely
... Word Origin from diaballo Definition slanderous, accusing falsely NASB Word Usage
devil (34), malicious gossips (3). false accuser, devil, slanderer. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2555. chamas -- violence, wrong
... Word Origin from chamas Definition violence, wrong NASB Word Usage malicious
(3), violence (48), violent (6), wrong (3). cruelty ...
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2803. chashab -- to think, account
... properly, to plait or interpenetrate, ie (literally) to weave or (gen.) To fabricate;
figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence ...
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Library

Psalm XV.
... 4. "The malicious one hath been brought to nought in his sight" [500] (ver.4). This
is perfection, that the malicious one have no force against a man; and that ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xv.htm

Of Porphyry's Epistle to Anebo, in which He Asks for Information ...
... Yet he has not the boldness to attribute to all the demons all the deceptions and
malicious and foolish practices which justly move his indignation. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 11 of porphyrys epistle to.htm

Christian Meekness
... To a malicious man all the holy ordinances of God turn to poison. ... A malicious spirit
is not a meek spirit. (iii) Meekness is opposed to revenge. ...
/.../watson/the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/12 christian meekness.htm

A Stubborn Foe Routed.
... The demon seems to be of the superlative degree. His treatment of the possessed
boy is malicious to an extreme. His purpose is "to destroy" him. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/a stubborn foe routed.htm

Privatianus of Sufetula Said: "He who Says that Heretics have the ...
... This man may thus be answered word for word: He who says that malicious and envious
persons have the power of baptizing, should first say who was the founder ...
/.../chapter 26 49 privatianus.htm

Messiah Derided Upon the Cross
... of dismissing Him, and, rather, to insist that Barabbas should be spared (Matthew
27:20) The populace, though no less ignorant, were less malicious than their ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 1/sermon xxi messiah derided upon.htm

The Tares.
... broadcast over its surface. He is secretly sowing tares, with the malicious
design of damaging or destroying the wheat. As soon as ...
//christianbookshelf.org/arnot/the parables of our lord/ii the tares.htm

Sad Fasts Changed to Glad Feasts
... hot. Some are malicious; they can take enmity quietly, and keep it in the
refrigerator of their cold hearts, even for years. Such ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/sad fasts changed to glad.htm

Letter vi. Temptation.
... [Footnote F: John 8:44.]. 6. He is malicious. As Satan is the enemy of God, so he
hates everything that is good. He is continually bent on mischief. ...
/.../a practical directory for young christian females/letter vi temptation.htm

A Tribute from Enemies
... Now, then, if we look at that confession, wrung from the lips of malicious
observers, we may, I think, get two or three lessons. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/a tribute from enemies.htm

Thesaurus

Malicious (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious
report; malicious mischief. ...Malicious (13 Occurrences). ...
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Slander (34 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation
of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the ...
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Malice (24 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
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Serpent (40 Occurrences)
... (see ADDER.). This word is used symbolically of a deadly, subtle, malicious enemy
(Luke 10:19). ... 2. (n.) Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. ...
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Witchcraft (8 Occurrences)
... But neither in the Babylonian or Hebrew words is there the peculiar idea of a witch,
namely, one who traffics with malicious spirits for malicious ends. ...
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Maliciously (8 Occurrences)

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Witch (2 Occurrences)
... But neither in the Babylonian or Hebrew words is there the peculiar idea of a witch,
namely, one who traffics with malicious spirits for malicious ends. ...
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Vexation (36 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction. 3. (n.) A harassing by process
of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit. Int. ...
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Neighbor (123 Occurrences)
... witness against a neighbor (Exodus 20:16 Deuteronomy 5:20 Proverbs 25:18), or in
any way to deal falsely with him, defraud him, frame malicious devices or ...
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Jezebel (20 Occurrences)
... Jezebel has stamped her name on history as the representative of all that
is designing, crafty, malicious, revengeful, and cruel. ...
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Bible Concordance

Malicious (13 Occurrences)

1 Timothy 3:11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
(See NAS NIV)

1 Timothy 6:4 he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions,
(See NIV)

2 Timothy 3:3 without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
(See NAS)

Titus 2:3 and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
(See NAS)

3 John 1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
(KJV WBS NIV)

Exodus 23:1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 19:16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 35:11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
(See NAS RSV)

Proverbs 17:4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 26:24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 58:9 Then at the sound of your voice, the Lord will give an answer; at your cry he will say, Here am I. If you take away from among you the yoke, the putting out of the finger of shame, and the evil word;
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 28:24 There shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them, that did despite to them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 36:3 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Malicious

Related Terms

Slander (34 Occurrences)

Malice (24 Occurrences)

Serpent (40 Occurrences)

Witchcraft (8 Occurrences)

Maliciously (8 Occurrences)

Witch (2 Occurrences)

Vexation (36 Occurrences)

Neighbor (123 Occurrences)

Jezebel (20 Occurrences)