bringing toils, annoyances, perils; of a time full of peril to Christian faith and steadfastness; causing pain and trouble
bad, of a bad nature or condition
in a physical sense: diseased or blind
in an ethical sense: evil wicked, bad
The word is used in the nominative case in Mt. 6:13. This usuallydenotes a title in the Greek. Hence Christ is saying, deliver usfrom "The Evil", and is probably referring to Satan.
Bibliography Information
Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Poneros". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4190>.
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