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Lexicon :: Strong's G4190 - ponēros

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πονηρός
Transliteration
ponēros (Key)
Pronunciation
pon-ay-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of πόνος (G4192)
mGNT
78x in 20 unique form(s)
TR
77x in 21 unique form(s)
LXX
294x in 21 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:546,912

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxiv. κακός, πονηρός, φαῦλος.

Strong’s Definitions

πονηρός ponērós, pon-ay-ros'; from a derivative of G4192; hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from G4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners:—bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also G4191.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x

The KJV translates Strong's G4190 in the following manner: evil (51x), wicked (10x), wicked one (6x), evil things (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x
The KJV translates Strong's G4190 in the following manner: evil (51x), wicked (10x), wicked one (6x), evil things (2x), miscellaneous (7x).
  1. full of labours, annoyances, hardships

    1. pressed and harassed by labours

    2. bringing toils, annoyances, perils; of a time full of peril to Christian faith and steadfastness; causing pain and trouble

  2. bad, of a bad nature or condition

    1. in a physical sense: diseased or blind

    2. in an ethical sense: evil wicked, bad

      Referring to Mat 6:13: "Although the KJV renders this 'deliver us from evil,' the presence of the article indicates not evil in general, but the evil one himself. In the context of Matthew's Gospel, such deliverance from the devil seems to be linked to Jesus' temptation in 4:1-10: Because the Spirit led him into temptation by the evil one, believers now participate in his victory" (Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, p. 233).
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πονηρός ponērós, pon-ay-ros'; from a derivative of G4192; hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from G4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners:—bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also G4191.
STRONGS G4190:
πονηρός (on the accent cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 3 Göttling, Lehre v., Accent, p. 304f; (Chandler §§ 404, 405); Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 26), πονηρά, πονηρόν; comparitive πονηρότερος (Matthew 12:45; Luke 11:26); (πονέω, πόνος); from Hesiod (Homer (ep. 15, 20), Theog.) down; the Sept. often for רַע;
1. full of labors, annoyances, hardships;
a. pressed and harassed by labors; thus Hercules is called πονηροτατος καί ἄριστος, Hesiod fragment 43, 5.
b. bringing toils, annoyances, perils: (καιρός, Sir. 51:12); ἡμέρα πονηρά, of a time full of peril to Christian faith and steadfastness, Ephesians 5:16; Ephesians 6:13 (so in the plural ἡμέραι πονηραί the Epistle of Barnabas 2, 1 [ET]); causing pain and trouble (A. V. grievous), ἕλκος, Revelation 16:2.
2. bad, of a bad nature or condition;
a. in a physical sense: ὀφθαλμός, diseased or blind, Matthew 6:23; Luke 11:34 (πονηρία ὀφθαλμῶν, Plato, Hipp., min., p. 374 d.; the Greeks use πονηρῶς ἔχειν or διακεῖσθαι of the sick; ἐκ γενετῆς πονηρούς ὑγιεῖς πεποιηκέναι, Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 22 ((cf. Otto's note); others take πονηρός in Matthew and Luke as above ethically; cf. b. and Meyer on Matt.)); καρπός, Matthew 7:17f.
b. in an ethical sense, evil, wicked, bad, etc. ("this use of the word is due to its association with the working (largely the servile) class; not that contempt for labor is thereby expressed, for such words as ἐργάτης, δραστηρ, and the like, do not take on this evil sense, which connected itself only with a word expressive of unintermitted toil and carrying no suggestion of results" (cf. Schmidt, chapter 85, § 1); see κακία, at the end); of persons: Matthew 7:11; Matthew 12:34; Matthew 18:32; Matthew 25:26; Luke 6:45; Luke 11:13; Luke 19:22; Acts 17:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:2; 2 Timothy 3:13; γενεά πονηρά, Matthew 12:39, 45; Matthew 16:4; Luke 11:29; πνεῦμα πονηρόν, an evil spirit (see πνεῦμα, 3 c.), Matthew 12:45; Luke 7:21; Luke 8:2; Luke 11:26; Acts 19:12f, 15f; substantively οἱ πονηροί, the wicked, bad men, opposed to οἱ δίκαιοι, Matthew 13:49; πονηροί καί ἀγαθοί, Matthew 5:45; Matthew 22:10; ἀχάριστοι καί πονηροί, Luke 6:35; τόν πονηρόν, the wicked man, i. e. the evil-doer spoken of, 1 Corinthians 5:13; τῷ πονηρῷ, the evil man, who injures you, Matthew 5:39. πονηρός is used pre-eminently of the devil, the evil one: Matthew 5:37; Matthew 6:13; Matthew 13:19, 38; Luke 11:4 R L; John 17:15; 1 John 2:13; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 5:18f (on which see κεῖμαι, 2{c}); Ephesians 6:16. of things: αἰών, Galatians 1:4; ὄνομα (which see 1, p. 447a bottom), Luke 6:22; ῤᾳδιούργημα, Acts 18:14; the heart as a storehouse out of which a man brings forth πονηρά words is called θησαυρός πονηρός, Matthew 12:35; Luke 6:45; συνείδησις πονηρά, a soul conscious of wickedness (conscious wickedness; see συνείδησις, b. sub at the end), Hebrews 10:22; καρδία πονηρά ἀπιστίας, an evil heart such as is revealed in distrusting (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 24; Winer's Grammar, § 30, 4), Hebrews 3:12; ὀφθαλμός (which see), Matthew 20:15; Mark 7:22; διαλογισμοί, Matthew 15:19; James 2:4; ὑπόνοιαι, 1 Timothy 6:4; καύχησις; James 4:16; ῤῆμα, a reproach, Matthew 5:11 (R G; others omit ῤῆμα); λόγοι, 3 John 1:10; ἔργα, John 3:19; John 7:7; 1 John 3:12; 2 John 1:11; Colossians 1:21; ἔργον (according to the context) wrong committed against me, 2 Timothy 4:18; αἰτία, charge of crime, Acts 25:18 L T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading The neuter πονηρόν, and τό πονηρόν, substantively, evil, that which is wicked: εἶδος πονηροῦ (see εἶδος, 2; (others take πονηροῦ here as an adjective, and bring the example under εἶδος, 1 (R. V. marginal reading appearance of evil))), 1 Thessalonians 5:22; 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (where τοῦ πονηροῦ is held by many to be the genitive of the masculine πονηρός, but cf. Lünemann ad loc.); (τί πονηρόν, Acts 28:21); opposed to τό ἀγαθόν, Luke 6:45; Romans 12:9; plural (Winer's Grammar, § 34, 2), Matthew 9:4; Luke 3:19; wicked deeds, Acts 25:18 Tr text WH text; ταῦτα τά πονηρά, these evil things i. e. the vices just enumerated, Mark 7:23.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:11; 5:37; 5:39; 5:45; 6:13; 6:23; 7:11; 7:17; 9:4; 12:34; 12:35; 12:39; 12:45; 12:45; 12:45; 13:19; 13:38; 13:49; 15:19; 16:4; 18:32; 20:15; 22:10; 25:26
Mark
7:22; 7:23
Luke
3:19; 6:22; 6:35; 6:45; 6:45; 6:45; 7:21; 8:2; 11:4; 11:13; 11:26; 11:26; 11:29; 11:34; 19:22
John
3:19; 7:7; 17:15
Acts
17:5; 18:14; 19:12; 19:15; 25:18; 25:18; 28:21
Romans
12:9
1 Corinthians
5:13
Galatians
1:4
Ephesians
5:16; 6:13; 6:16
Colossians
1:21
1 Thessalonians
5:22
2 Thessalonians
3:2; 3:3
1 Timothy
6:4
2 Timothy
3:13; 4:18
Hebrews
3:12; 10:22
James
2:4; 4:16
1 John
2:13; 3:12; 3:12; 5:18
2 John
1:11
3 John
1:10
Revelation
16:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4190 matches the Greek πονηρός (ponēros),
which occurs 77 times in 72 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:11–Gal 1:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:11 - Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil G4190 against you falsely, for my sake.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:37 - But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. G4190
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:39 - But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: G4190 but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:45 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil G4190 and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:13 - And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: G4190 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:23 - But if thine eye be evil, G4190 thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - If ye then, being evil, G4190 know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:17 - Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil G4190 fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:18 - A good tree cannot bring forth evil G4190 fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:4 - And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil G4190 in your hearts?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:34 - O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, G4190 speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:35 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil G4190 man out of the evil G4190 treasure bringeth forth evil things. G4190
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:39 - But he answered and said unto them, An evil G4190 and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked G4190 generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked G4190 one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 - The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked G4190 one;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:49 - So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked G4190 from among the just,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:19 - For out of the heart proceed evil G4190 thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4 - A wicked G4190 and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:32 - Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked G4190 servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:15 - Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, G4190 because I am good?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad G4190 and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:26 - His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked G4190 and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:22 - Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil G4190 eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - All these evil things G4190 come from within, and defile the man.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:19 - But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils G4190 which Herod had done,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:22 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, G4190 for the Son of man's sake.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:35 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. G4190
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:45 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil G4190 man out of the evil G4190 treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: G4190 for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:21 - And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil G4190 spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:2 - And certain women, which had been healed of evil G4190 spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:4 - And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. G4190
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:13 - If ye then, being evil, G4190 know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:26 - Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:29 - And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil G4190 generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:34 - The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, G4190 thy body also is full of darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:22 - And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked G4190 servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. G4190
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:7 - The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. G4190
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:15 - I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. G4190
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:5 - But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd G4190 fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:14 - And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked G4190 lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 - So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil G4190 spirits went out of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:13 - Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil G4190 spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:15 - And the evil G4190 spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:16 - And the man in whom the evil G4190 spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:21 - And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm G4190 of thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:9 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; G4190 cleave to that which is good.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:13 - But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. G4190
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:4 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil G4190 world, according to the will of God and our Father:

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