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Strong's #4189 - πονηρία
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- depravity, iniquity, wickedness
- malice
- evil purposes and desires
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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 .
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.)
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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.
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";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.
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