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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #4190 - πονηρός

Transliteration

ponērós

Phonetics

pon-ay-ros'

Origin

from a derivative of (G4192)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TDNT

6:546,912

Definition

Thayer's

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
bad, of a bad nature or condition
1. in a physical sense: diseased or blind
2. 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.

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 343 ‑ אֵיד (ade); 873 ‑ בִּאישׁ (be‑oosh'); 1681 ‑ דִּבָּה (dib‑baw'); 1800 ‑ דַּל (dal); 7200 ‑ רָאָה (raw‑aw'); 7227 ‑ רַב (rab); 7451 ‑ רַע (rah, raw‑aw'); 7489 ‑ רָעַע (raw‑ah'); 7489 ‑ רָעַע (raw‑ah'); 7563 ‑ רָשָׁע (raw‑shaw'); 8441 ‑ תּוֹעֵבָה (to‑ay‑baw', to‑ay‑baw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (75)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 John

2 John

3 John

Revelation

NAS (89)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 John

2 John

3 John

Revelation

HCS (74)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 John

2 John

3 John

Revelation

BSB (78)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 John

2 John

3 John

Revelation

ESV (67)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 John

Revelation

WEB (78)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Hebrews

James

1 John

2 John

3 John

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πονηρός, ά, όν,

in physical sense, oppressed by toils, πονηρότατος καὶ ἄριστος, of Heracles, Hes. Frr. 138,139.

2. of things, toilsome, painful, grievous, ἔργα Hom. Epigr. 14.20; νούσων πονηρότερον Thgn. 274; φορτίον Ar. Pl. 352 .

II in bad case, in sorry plight, useless, good-for-nothing, σύμμαχοι ib. 220, cf. Nu. 102; στράτευμα X. An. 3.4.34; ἰατρός Antipho 4.2.4 (v.l. for μοχθηρός ) ; κύων, ἱππάριον, Pl. Euthd. 298d, X. Cyr. 1.4.19; δίαιτα, τροφή, σιτία, injurious, Pl. R. 425e, Lg. 735b, Grg. 464d, etc.; π. ἕξις σώματος Id. Ti. 86e; π. σῶμα, opp. χρηστόν, Id. Prt. 313a, cf. R. 341e; π. σκώμματα sorry jests, Ar. Nu. 542; π. βούλευμα Id. Lys. 517 ( Comp. ); π. πράγματα a bad state of things, Th. 8.97, cf. 24; π. ἀρχὴ τῆς παιδείας a bad beginning, Aeschin. 1.11; π. τὴν ϝαυτιλίαν ναυτίλλεσθαι Pl. R. 551c; π. πολιτεία Arist. Pol. 1294b38 . Adv., -ρῶς ἔχειν to be in bad case, Th. 7.83, etc.; ἂ πονηρῶς ἔχει τῶν πραγμάτων Lys. 14.35; π. διακεῖσθαι, διατεθῆναι, Isoc. 19.12, D. 59.55 .

III in moral sense, worthless, knavish, φήμη, βίος, ζόη, A. Ch. 1045, Frr. 90,401, etc.; οὐδεὶς ἑκὼν π. Epich. 78; π. ἦθος Democr. 192; πονηρὸς . . κἀκ πονηρῶν rogue and son of rogues, Ar. Eq. 336 - 7; ὦ πόνῳ πονηρέ in a comic jingle, Id. V. 466, cf. Lys. 350; π. πόρρω τέχνης past master in knavery, Id. V. 192; π. τοῖς φίλοις X. Cyr. 8.4.33; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Id. An. 7.1.39; π. λόγων ἀκρίβεια Antipho 3.3.3; πονηρότεροι σύμβουλοι Id. 5.71; π. [ῥῆμα ] malicious, Ev.Matthew 5:11; τὰ π. wickednesses, X. Cyr. 2.2.25; πονηρὰ δρᾶσαι E. Hec. 1190; τὸ π. LXX De. 17.2; δόλῳ πονηρῷ, Lat. dolo malo, SIG 693.6 (Methymna, ii B.C. ); ὁ π. the evil one, Ev.Matthew 13:19; π. δαίμων PLips. 34.8 (iv A.D.), etc.

2. base, cowardly, S. Ph. 437, etc.; π. χρώματα, i.e. the coward's hue, X. Cyr. 5.2.34 (interpol.).

3. with a political connotation, of the baser sort, E. Supp. 424; οἱ λεγόμενοι π. Pl. R. 519a; opp. καλοὶ κἀγαθοί, Isoc. 15.100,316, cf. Ar. Eq. 186 . — On the variation of accent, πονηρός and πόνηρος, v. μοχθηρός fin.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πονηρός , -ά , -όν

(< πονέω , to toil),

[in LXX chiefly for H7451;]

1. (a) of persons, oppressed by toils (Hes.);

(b) of things, toilsome, painful (καιρός , Sirach 51:12): Ephesians 5:16; Ephesians 6:13 Revelation 16:2.

2. bad, worthless;

(a) in physical sense: καρπός , Matthew 7:17-18;

(b) in ethical sense, bad, evil, wicked;

(α ) of persons: Matthew 7:11; Matthew 12:34-35; 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 , Matthew 12:39; Matthew 12:45; Matthew 16:4, Luke 11:29; πνεῦμια , Matthew 12:45, Luke 7:21; Luke 8:2; Luke 11:26, Acts 19:12-13; Acts 19:15-16; as subst., οἱ Papyri, opp. to δίκαιοι , Matthew 13:49; to ἀγαθοί , Matthew 5:45; Matthew 22:10; οἱ ἀχάριστοι καὶ Papyri, Luke 6:35; sing., ὁ Papyri, Matthew 5:39, 1 Corinthians 5:13; id. esp. of Satan, the evil one, Matthew 5:37; Matthew 6:13 (v. Lft., Notes, 125 ff.; but cf. McN, in l) Matthew 13:19; Matthew 13:38, Luke 11:4 (WH, R, om.), John 17:15, Ephesians 6:16, 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (Lft., Notes, l.c.), 1 John 2:13-14; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 5:18-19;

(β ) of thing;: Matthew 5:11; Matthew 12:35; Matthew 15:19, Luke 6:22; Luke 6:45, John 3:19; John 7:7, Acts 18:14; Acts 25:18, Galatians 1:4, Colossians 1:21, 1 Timothy 6:4, 2 Timothy 4:18, Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 10:22, James 2:4; James 4:16, 1 John 3:12, 2 John 1:11, 3 John 1:10; ὀφθαλμός (q.v.), Matthew 6:23; Matthew 20:15, Mark 7:22, Luke 11:34; as subst., neut., τὸ Papyri, Acts 28:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:22; opp. to ἀγαθόν , Luke 6:45, Romans 12:9; pl., Matthew 9:4, Mark 7:23, Luke 3:19.†

SYN.: see ἄθεσμος G113.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";eagerly"; : PSI VI. 621.7 (iii/B.C.) πᾶν γὰρ τὸ δυνατὸν καὶ προθύμως καὶ ἀόκνως ποιήσομεν P Hib I. 82.17 (B.C. 239–8) καλῶς οὖν [π ]οιήσεις συναν [τι ]λ [α ]μβανόμενος προθύμως περὶ τῶν εἰς ταῦτα συγκυρόντων, ";please therefore to give your zealous co-operation in all that concerns this"; (Edd.), and P Flor II. 157.10 (iii/A.D.) ἵνα ὑπηρετούμενοι π ̣ροθύμως ἡμῖν ἐργαζῶνται.

List of Word Forms

πονηρα πονηρά πονηρὰ πονηρᾷ πονηραι πονηραί πονηραίς πονηράν πονηρας πονηράς πονηρᾶς πονηρε πονηρέ Πονηρὲ πονηροι πονηροί πονηροὶ πονηροις πονηροίς πονηροῖς πονηρον πονηρόν πονηρὸν πονηρος πονηρός πονηρὸς πονηροτερα πονηρότερα πονηρου πονηρού πονηροῦ πονηρους πονηρούς πονηροὺς πονηρω πονηρώ πονηρῷ πονηρων πονηρών πονηρῶν ponera ponerá ponerà ponēra ponērá ponērà ponerai poneraí ponerā̂i ponērai ponēraí ponērā̂i poneras ponerâs ponēras ponērâs ponere poneré Ponerè ponēre ponēré Ponērè ponero ponērō poneroi poneroí poneroì ponerôi ponēroi ponēroí ponēroì ponērō̂i ponerois poneroîs ponērois ponēroîs poneron ponerón poneròn ponerôn ponēron ponērón ponēròn ponērōn ponērō̂n poneros ponerós poneròs ponēros ponērós ponēròs ponerotera ponerótera ponērotera ponērótera ponerou poneroû ponērou ponēroû ponerous poneroús poneroùs ponērous ponēroús ponēroùs

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