Word Summary
kakopatheia: affliction
Original Word: κακοπάθειαTransliteration: kakopatheia
Phonetic Spelling: (kak-op-ath'-i-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: affliction
Meaning: affliction
Strong's Concordance
suffering, affliction
From a compound of hemiorion and pathos; hardship -- suffering affliction.
see GREEK hemiorion
see GREEK pathos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2552: κακοπάθειακακοπάθεια (
κακοπαθία WH; see Iota),
κακοπαθείας,
ἡ (
κακοπαθής suffering evil, afflicted), properly, the suffering of evil, i. e.
trouble, distress, affliction:
James 5:10 (
Malachi 1:13; 2 Macc. 2:26f; (
Antiphon);
Thucydides 7, 77;
Isocrates,
Polybius,
Diodorus, others).