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διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοί

Reasoning · evil/harm: evil

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διαλογισμός G1261 reasoning

Pronunciation dialogismós

Inner deliberation or questioning, often negative doubts or evil intentions rather than neutral thought.

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κακός G2556 evil/harm: evil

Pronunciation kakós

Moral badness or harmfulness; encompasses both wickedness in persons and destructive consequences of actions.

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What does διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοί (dialogismoi hoi kakoi) mean in the Bible?

διαλογισμός · κακός is a Greek word meaning "evil thoughts, wicked reasonings".

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Meaning

evil thoughts, wicked reasonings

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:19 · Mark 7:21 · Luke 2:35 · Luke 24:38 4×

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:46 1×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Rom 14:1 · Phil 2:14 · Jas 2:4 3×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 2:8 1×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Rom 1:21 1×

Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 5:22 · Luke 6:8 · 1 Cor 3:20 3×

Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:47 1×

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 28 — Paul in Rome: The Kingdom Proclaimed Without Hindrance Colossians 3 — Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World Luke 24 — The Risen Christ Opens the Scriptures, Commissions Witnesses, and Ascends in Blessing Mark 7 — True Defilement and Boundary-Crossing Mercy Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ Romans 13 — Submission to Governing Authorities, Love as the Fulfillment of the Law, and Life in the Light of the Coming Day Romans 14 — Receiving One Another, Honoring the Lord, and Pursuing Peace in Matters of Conscience Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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