πονηρός, -ά, -όν (πονέω, to toil), [in LXX chiefly for רַע ;] 1. (a) of persons, oppressed by toils (Hes.); (b) of things, toilsome, painful (καιρός, Sir.51:12): Eph.5:16 6:13 Rev.16:2. 2. bad, worthless; (a) in physical sense: καρπός, Mat.7:17-18; (b) in ethical sense, bad, evil, wicked; (α) of persons: Mat.7:11 12:34-35 18:32 25:26, Luk.6:45 11:13 19:22, Act.17:5, 2Th.3:2, 2Ti.3:13; γενεά, Mat.12:39, 45 16:4, Luk.11:29; πνεῦμια, Mat.12:45, Luk.7:21 8:2 11:26, Act.19:12-13, 15-16; as subst., οἱ π., opposite to δίκαιοι, Mat.13:49; to ἀγαθοί, Mat.5:45 22:10; οἱ ἀχάριστοι καὶ π., Luk.6:35; sing., ὁ π., Mat.5:39, 1Co.5:13; id. esp. of Satan, the evil one, Mat.5:37 6:13 (see Lft., Notes, 125 ff.; but cf. McN, in l) Mat.13:19, 38, Luk.11:4 (WH, R, om.), Jhn.17:15, Eph.6:16, 2Th.3:3 (Lft., Notes, l.with), 1Jn.2:13-14 Jn 3:12 Jn 5:18-19; (β) of things: Mat.5:11 12:35 15:19, Luk.6:22, 45, Jhn.3:19 7:7, Act.18:14 25:18, Gal.1:4, Col.1:21, 1Ti.6:4, 2Ti.4:18, Heb.3:12 10:22, Jas.2:4 4:16, 1Jn.3:12, II Jn 11, 3Jn.10; ὀφθαλμός (which see), Mat.6:23 20:15, Mrk.7:22, Luk.11:34; as subst., neut., τὸ π., Act.28:21, 1Th.5:22; opposite to ἀγαθόν, Luk.6:45, Rom.12:9; pl., Mat.9:4, Mrk.7:23, Luk.3:19. † SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος (AS)
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G4190 — πονηρός
ponēros · evil/bad · Greek
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Matthew 5:11 · πονηρὸνBlessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.Matthew 5:37 · πονηροῦBut let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.Matthew 5:39 · πονηρῷ.But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.Matthew 5:45 · πονηροὺςThat ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.Matthew 6:13 · πονηροῦAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.Matthew 6:23 · πονηρὸςBut if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great [is] that darkness!Matthew 7:11 · πονηροὶIf ye then, being evil, 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?Matthew 7:17 · πονηροὺςEven so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.Matthew 7:18 · πονηροὺςA good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.Matthew 9:4 · πονηρὰAnd Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?Matthew 12:34 · πονηροὶO generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.Matthew 12:35 · πονηρὸς · πονηροῦ · πονηρά.¶A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.Matthew 12:39 · πονηρὰBut he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:Matthew 12:45 · πονηρότερα · πονηρᾷ.¶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 generation.Matthew 13:19 · πονηρὸςWhen any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.Matthew 13:38 · πονηροῦ·The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];Matthew 13:49 · πονηροὺςSo shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,Matthew 15:19 · πονηροί,For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:Matthew 16:4 · πονηρὰA wicked 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.Matthew 18:32 · πονηρέ,Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:Matthew 20:15 · πονηρόςIs it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?Matthew 22:10 · πονηρούςSo those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.Matthew 25:26 · πονηρὲHis lord answered and said unto him, [Thou] wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:Mark 7:22 · πονηρός,Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:Mark 7:23 · πονηρὰAll these evil things come from within, and defile the man.Luke 3:19 · πονηρῶνBut Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,Luke 6:22 · πονηρὸνBlessed 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, for the Son of man’s sake.Luke 6:35 · πονηρούς.¶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.Luke 6:45 · πονηρὸς · πονηροῦ · πονηρόν·A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.Luke 7:21 · πονηρῶνAnd in that same hour he cured many of [their] infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many [that were] blind he gave sight.Luke 8:2 · πονηρῶνAnd certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,Luke 11:13 · πονηροὶIf ye then, being evil, 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?Luke 11:26 · πονηρότεραThen 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.Luke 11:29 · πονηράAnd when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.Luke 11:34 · πονηρὸςThe 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, thy body also [is] full of darkness.Luke 19:22 · πονηρὲAnd he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, [thou] wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:John 3:19 · πονηρὰAnd this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.John 7:7 · πονηράThe world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.John 17:15 · πονηροῦ.I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.Acts 17:5 · πονηροὺςBut the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd 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.Acts 18:14 · πονηρόν,And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:Acts 19:12 · πονηρὰSo that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.Acts 19:13 · πονηρὰThen certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.Acts 19:15 · πονηρὸνAnd the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?Acts 19:16 · πονηρόν,And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.Acts 25:18 · πονηρῶν·Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:Acts 28:21 · πονηρόν.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 of thee.Romans 12:9 · πονηρόν,[Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.1 Corinthians 5:13 · πονηρὸνBut them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.Galatians 1:4 · πονηροῦWho gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:Ephesians 5:16 · πονηραίRedeeming the time, because the days are evil.Ephesians 6:13 · πονηρᾷWherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.Ephesians 6:16 · πονηροῦAbove all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.Colossians 1:21 · πονηροῖς,And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled1 Thessalonians 5:22 · πονηροῦAbstain from all appearance of evil.2 Thessalonians 3:2 · πονηρῶνAnd that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all [men] have not faith.2 Thessalonians 3:3 · πονηροῦ.But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep [you] from evil.1 Timothy 6:4 · πονηραί,He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,2 Timothy 3:13 · πονηροὶBut evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.2 Timothy 4:18 · πονηροῦAnd the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve [me] unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.Hebrews 3:12 · πονηρὰTake heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.Hebrews 10:22 · πονηρᾶςLet us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.James 2:4 · πονηρῶν;¶Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?James 4:16 · πονηράBut now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.1 John 2:13 · πονηρόν.¶I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.1 John 2:14 · πονηρόν.¶I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.1 John 3:12 · πονηροῦ · πονηρὰNot as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.1 John 5:18 · πονηρὸςWe know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.1 John 5:19 · πονηρῷ[And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.2 John 1:11 · πονηροῖς.¶For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.3 John 1:10 · πονηροῖςWherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth [them] out of the church.Revelation 16:2 · πονηρὸνAnd the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image.