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 · πονηρὸν“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.Matthew 5:37 · πονηροῦBut let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.Matthew 5:39 · πονηρῷ.But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.Matthew 5:45 · πονηροὺςthat you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.Matthew 6:13 · πονηροῦBring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’Matthew 6:23 · πονηρὸςBut if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!Matthew 7:11 · πονηροὶIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!Matthew 7:17 · πονηροὺςEven so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.Matthew 7:18 · πονηροὺςA good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.Matthew 9:4 · πονηρὰJesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?Matthew 12:34 · πονηροὶYou offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.Matthew 12:35 · πονηρὸς · πονηροῦ · πονηρά.¶The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.Matthew 12:39 · πονηρὰBut he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.Matthew 12:45 · πονηρότερα · πονηρᾷ.¶Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”Matthew 13:19 · πονηρὸςWhen anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.Matthew 13:38 · πονηροῦ·the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.Matthew 13:49 · πονηροὺςSo will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,Matthew 15:19 · πονηροί,For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.Matthew 16:4 · πονηρὰAn evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.Matthew 18:32 · πονηρέ,Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.Matthew 20:15 · πονηρόςIsn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’Matthew 22:10 · πονηρούςThose servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.Matthew 25:26 · πονηρὲ“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.Mark 7:22 · πονηρός,covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and 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’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,Luke 6:22 · πονηρὸνBlessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.Luke 6:35 · πονηρούς.¶But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.Luke 6:45 · πονηρὸς · πονηροῦ · πονηρόν·The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.Luke 7:21 · πονηρῶνIn that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.Luke 8:2 · πονηρῶνand certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;Luke 11:13 · πονηροὶIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”Luke 11:26 · πονηρότεραThen he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”Luke 11:29 · πονηράWhen the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.Luke 11:34 · πονηρὸςThe lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.Luke 19:22 · πονηρὲ“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.John 3:19 · πονηρὰThis is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.John 7:7 · πονηράThe world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.John 17:15 · πονηροῦ.I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.Acts 17:5 · πονηροὺςBut the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.Acts 18:14 · πονηρόν,But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;Acts 19:12 · πονηρὰso that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.Acts 19:13 · πονηρὰBut some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”Acts 19:15 · πονηρὸνThe evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”Acts 19:16 · πονηρόν,The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.Acts 25:18 · πονηρῶν·Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such things as I supposed;Acts 28:21 · πονηρόν.They said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.Romans 12:9 · πονηρόν,Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.1 Corinthians 5:13 · πονηρὸνBut those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”Galatians 1:4 · πονηροῦwho gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—Ephesians 5:16 · πονηραίredeeming the time, because the days are evil.Ephesians 6:13 · πονηρᾷTherefore, put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.Ephesians 6:16 · πονηροῦabove all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.Colossians 1:21 · πονηροῖς,You, being in past times alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,1 Thessalonians 5:22 · πονηροῦAbstain from every form of evil.2 Thessalonians 3:2 · πονηρῶνand that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.2 Thessalonians 3:3 · πονηροῦ.But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.1 Timothy 6:4 · πονηραί,he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,2 Timothy 3:13 · πονηροὶBut evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.2 Timothy 4:18 · πονηροῦAnd the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.Hebrews 3:12 · πονηρὰBeware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;Hebrews 10:22 · πονηρᾶςlet’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,James 2:4 · πονηρῶν;¶haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?James 4:16 · πονηράBut now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.1 John 2:13 · πονηρόν.¶I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.1 John 2:14 · πονηρόν.¶I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.1 John 3:12 · πονηροῦ · πονηρὰunlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.1 John 5:18 · πονηρὸςWe know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.1 John 5:19 · πονηρῷWe know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.2 John 1:11 · πονηροῖς.¶for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.3 John 1:10 · πονηροῖςTherefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.Revelation 16:2 · πονηρὸνThe first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.