Strong G4189πονηρία
evil
- Transliteration
- ponēria
- Pronunciation
- pon-ay-ree'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4190; depravity that is (specifically) malice; plural (concretely) plots sins: - iniquity wickedness.
Detailed definition
πονηρία, -ας, ἡ
(πονηρός), [in LXX chiefly for רַע;]
iniquity, wickedness: Mat.22:18, Luk.11:39, Rom.1:29, Eph.6:12; pl. (see Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153), Mrk.7:22, Act.3:26; κακία καὶ π., 1Co.5:8.†
SYN.: see: κακία. (AS)
(πονηρός), [in LXX chiefly for רַע;]
iniquity, wickedness: Mat.22:18, Luk.11:39, Rom.1:29, Eph.6:12; pl. (see Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153), Mrk.7:22, Act.3:26; κακία καὶ π., 1Co.5:8.†
SYN.: see: κακία. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4189 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wickedness6
- iniquity1
First verses
- Matthew 22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
- Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- Luke 11:39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
- Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
- Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
- 1 Corinthians 5:8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πονηρ-ία, ἡ,
bad state or condition, ὀφθαλμῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 374d; ἡ τοῦ σώματος π. [prev. author] “R.” 609c; π. ψυχῆς [prev. passage])]
II in moral sense, wickedness, vice, knavery, ἡ μωρία.. ἀδελφὴ τῆς π. ἔφυ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 925, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 868, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.16)]; εἰς τὴν π. πάλιν τρέπεται turns again to vice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.75)]: in plural, knavish tricks, rogueries, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.19, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389a18.)]
II.2 baseness, cowardice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 645, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.9.)]
II.3 with a political connotation, mob-rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.47.)]
bad state or condition, ὀφθαλμῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 374d; ἡ τοῦ σώματος π. [prev. author] “R.” 609c; π. ψυχῆς [prev. passage])]
II in moral sense, wickedness, vice, knavery, ἡ μωρία.. ἀδελφὴ τῆς π. ἔφυ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 925, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 868, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.16)]; εἰς τὴν π. πάλιν τρέπεται turns again to vice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.75)]: in plural, knavish tricks, rogueries, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.19, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389a18.)]
II.2 baseness, cowardice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 645, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.9.)]
II.3 with a political connotation, mob-rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.47.)]