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Strong's G4190 · Greek

πονηρός

poneros · pon-ay-ros'

from a derivative of 4192; hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from 4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e.


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πονηρός (G4190)

78 πονηρός , -ά, -όν ( πονέω , to toil ), [in LXX chiefly for רַע ;] of persons, oppressed by toils (Hes.); of things, toilsome , painful ( καιρός , Si 51:12 ): Eph 5:16 6:13 , Re 16:2 . bad , worthless ; in physical sense: καρπός , Mt 7:17 , 18 ; in ethical sense, bad , evil , wicked ; of persons: Mt 7:11 12:34 , 35 18:32 25:26 , Lk 6:45 11:13 19:22 , Ac 17:5 , II Th 3:2 , II Ti 3:13 ; γενεά , Mt 12:39 , 45 16:4 , Lk 11:29 ; πνεῦμια , Mt 12:45 , Lk 7:21 8:2 11:26 , Ac 19:12 , 13 , 15 , 16 ; as subst., οἱ π. , opp. to δίκαιοι , Mt 13:49 ; to ἀγαθοί , Mt 5:45 22:10 ; οἱ ἀχάριστοι καὶ π. , Lk 6:35 ; sing., ὁ π. , Mt 5:39 , I Co 5:13 ; id. esp. of Satan, the evil one , Mt 5:37 6:13 (v. Lft., Notes , 125 ff.; but cf. McN, in l.) 13:19 , 38 , Lk 11:4 (WH, R, om.), Jo 17:15 , Eph 6:16 , II Th 3:3 (Lft., Notes , 125 ff.), I Jo 2:13 , 14 3:12 5:18 , 19 ; of things: Mt 5:11 12:35 15:19 , Lk 6:22 , 45 , Jo 3:19 7:7 , Ac 18:14 25:18 , Ga 1:4 , Col 1:21 , I Ti 6:4 , II Ti 4:18 , He 3:12 10:22 , Ja 2:4 4:16 , I Jo 3:12 , II Jo 11 , III Jo 10 ; ὀφθαλμός (q.v.), Mt 6:23 20:15 , Mk 7:22 , Lk 11:34 ; as subst., neut., τὸ π. , Ac 28:21 , I Th 5:22 ; opp. to ἀγαθόν , Lk 6:45 , Ro 12:9 ; pl., Mt 9:4 , Mk 7:23 , Lk 3:19 .† SYN. : v.s. ἄθεσμος .

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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