Malignity

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1kakoetheiaG2550

lit., "bad manner or character" (kakos, "bad," ethos, "manner"), hence, "an evil disposition" that tends to put the worst construction on everything, "malice, malevolence, craftiness," occurs in Rom 1:29, as the accompaniment of dolos, "guile."