What does διαλογισμός · κακός mean in the Bible?
διαλογισμός · κακός is a Greek phrase meaning "evil thoughts, wicked reasonings".
Greek · G1261, G2556
διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοί
Reasoning · evil/harm: evil
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διαλογισμόςG1261reasoning
Pronunciationdialogismós
Inner deliberation or questioning, often negative doubts or evil intentions rather than neutral thought.
Open lexicon entry →κακόςG2556evil/harm: evil
Pronunciationkakós
Moral badness or harmfulness; encompasses both wickedness in persons and destructive consequences of actions.
Open lexicon entry →What does διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοί (dialogismoi hoi kakoi) mean in the Bible?
διαλογισμός · κακός is a Greek phrase meaning "evil thoughts, wicked reasonings".
Full entry for διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοί (G1261, G2556) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1261, G2556?
G1261, G2556 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. evil thoughts, wicked reasonings
Source Gloss
evil thoughts, wicked reasonings
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns7Aligned forms14Case patternNominative (5)Number patternPlural (11)
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 15:19 · Mark 7:21 · Luke 2:35 · Luke 24:384×
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 9:461×
Genitive · Plural · MasculineRom 14:1 · Phil 2:14 · Jas 2:43×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine1 Tim 2:81×
Dative · Plural · MasculineRom 1:211×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineLuke 5:22 · Luke 6:8 · 1 Cor 3:203×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineLuke 9:471×
Word Origins
διαλογισμοὶ οἱ κακοί is built from this root: