κακία [1 verse](noun sg fem nom) "Evil" is from kakia, which means "badness in quality", "incapacity", "defects", "cowardice", "faint-heartedness", "moral badness", "vice", "ill-repute", "dishonor", "hurt", "damage done or suffered," “wicked,” “slanderous,” and “cowardly. - The term used for evil here can mean our own concept of moral evil, but it also means "defects", and "bad quality". This is not the usual term that the Bible translates as "evil" which means "second-rate" and "burdened". However, the word used here means plain old "badness" and "evil," specifically moral evil, character flaws and defects. Jesus seems to use it to mean "problems". See this article for more information about the terms translated as "evil."
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