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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4189 - πονηρία

Transliteration

ponēría

Phonetics

pon-ay-ree'-ah

Origin

from (G4190)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

6:562,912

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

depravity, iniquity, wickedness
malice
evil purposes and desires

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 205 ‑ אָוֶן (aw'‑ven); 3336 ‑ יֵצֶר (yay'‑tser); 5999 ‑ עָמָל (aw‑mawl'); 7200 ‑ רָאָה (raw‑aw'); 7451 ‑ רַע (rah, raw‑aw'); 8441 ‑ תּוֹעֵבָה (to‑ay‑baw', to‑ay‑baw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

BSB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

CSB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

ESV (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

KJV (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 2

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

N95 (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 2

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

NAS (8)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 2

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

NLT (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

WEB (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

YLT (7)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

Luke 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

ASV (7)

evil 1

iniquities 1

wickedness 4

wickednesses 1

BSB (7)

evil 1

evil intent 1

of evil 1

wicked ways 1

wickedness 3

CSB (7)

actions 1

evil 5

malice 1

ESV (7)

evil 3

wickedness 4

KJV (7)

iniquities 1

wickedness 6

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (8)

ways 1

wicked 1

wickedness 6

N95 (8)

malice 1

ways 1

wicked 1

wickedness 5

NAS (8)

malice 1

ways 1

wicked 1

wickedness 5

NLT (7)

evil 2

motives 1

sin 1

ways 1

wickedness 2

WEB (7)

forces of wickedness 1

wickedness 6

YLT (7)

evil 1

evil ways 1

whoredom, wickedness 1

wickedness 4

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

ANT

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

BGB

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

BMT

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

NA26

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

SBL

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

SCV

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

STV

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

TIS

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

TRG

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 3

N-NPF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πονηρ-ία, ἡ,

bad state or condition, ὀφθαλμῶν Pl. Hp.Mi. 374d; ἡ τοῦ σώματος π. Id. R. 609c; π. ψυχῆς ibid.

II in moral sense, wickedness, vice, knavery, ἡ μωρία . . ἀδελφὴ τῆς π. ἔφυ S. Fr. 925, cf. Ar. Th. 868, Lys. 22.16; εἰς τὴν π. πάλιν τρέπεται turns again to vice, X. Cyr. 7.5.75: in pl., knavish tricks, rogueries, D. 21.19, Arist. Rh. 1389a18 .

2. baseness, cowardice, E. Cyc. 645, Lys. 14.9 .

3. with a political connotation, mob-rule, Th. 8.47 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πονηρία, πονηρίας, ἡ (πονηρός) (from Sophocles down), the Sept. for רֹעַ and רָעָה, depravity, iniquity, wickedness ((so A. V. almost uniformly)), malice: Matthew 22:18; Luke 11:39; Romans 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:8; Ephesians 6:12; plural αἱ πονηρίαι (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, § 123, 2; R. V. wickednesses), evil purposes and desires, Mark 7:22; wicked ways (A. V. iniquities), Acts 3:26. (Synonym: see κακία, at the end.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πονηρία , -ας , ἡ

(< πονηρός ),

[in LXX chiefly for H7451;]

iniquity, wickedness: Matthew 22:18, Luke 11:39, Romans 1:29, Ephesians 6:12; pl. (v. Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153), Mark 7:22, Acts 3:26; κακία καὶ Papyri, 1 Corinthians 5:8.†

SYN.: see κακία G2549.

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

";eager"; : P Tebt I. 59.9 (B.C. 99) (= Witkowski.2, p. 113) ἐν οἷς ἐὰν προσδέησθέ μου ἐπιτάσσοντές μοι προθυμότερον διὰ τὸ ἄνωθεν φοβεῖσθαι καὶ σέβεσθαι τὸ ἱερόν, ";whatever you may require, do not hesitate to command my services, because of old I revere and worship the temple"; (Edd.), P Oxy III. 473.3 (A.D. 138–160) πολὺ προθυμότερος ὤφθη ἀλειμμάτων ἀφθόνῳ χορη [γίᾳ, ";he appeared very eager in the unstinted provision of unguents,"; P Leid Wxiv. 11 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 129) ἔλθε μοι πρόθυμος, ἱλαρός, ἀπήμαντος (";unharmed";), P Oxy I. 42.4 (A.D. 323) προθυμότατα τοὺς ἐφήβους [τ ]ὰ γυμνι [κὰ ] ἐπιδείκνυσθαι προσήκει, and OGIS 221.61 (beg. iii/B.C.) ὁρῶντες οὖν αὐτὸν εὔνουν ὄντα καὶ πρόθυμον εἰς τὰ ἡμέτερα πράγματα.

List of Word Forms

πονηρια πονηρία πονηρίᾳ πονηριαι πονηρίαι πονηριαν πονηρίαν πονηριας πονηρίας πονηριων πονηριών πονηριῶν poneria ponēria poneriai poneríai poneríāi ponēriai ponēríai ponēríāi ponerian ponerían ponērian ponērían ponerias ponerías ponērias ponērías ponerion poneriôn ponēriōn ponēriō̂n