πονηρός ponēros

Greek word for “evil/bad” · Strong’s G4190 · used 78 times in 72 verses

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Meaning

πονηρός, -ά, -όν; (πονέω, to toil);

How it is translated

Glosses given for ponēros in context, with how often each is used:

• evil 53
• evil one 8
• wicked 3
• bad 2
• more evil 2
• evils 2
• evil person 1
• evil’ 1
• his evil 1
• evil things 1
• envious 1
• crimes 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (4), Matthew 12 (4), Luke 11 (4), Acts 19 (4), Matthew 7 (3), Matthew 13 (3), Luke 6 (3), Matthew 6 (2), Mark 7 (2), Ephesians 6 (2)

Forms

• πονηροῦ 12
• πονηρὰ 9
• πονηρόν 7
• πονηρὸς 6
• πονηρῶν 6
• πονηρὸν 5
• πονηροὺς 5
• πονηροὶ 4
• πονηρά 4
• πονηροῖς 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ponēros more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀγαθός agathos “good” 11
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 9
• καρδία kardia “heart” 7
• ἔργον ergon “work” 7
• γενεά genea “generation” 4
• Ἰωνᾶς Iōnas “Jonah” 3
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 6
• εἰ ei “if” 7
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 5
• χείρων cheirōn “worse than” 3
• στόμα stoma “mouth” 4
• ῥύομαι rhuomai “to rescue” 3

Key verses

The verses using ponēros that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Matthew 6:13 — And 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 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
• Luke 6:22 — Blessed 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…
• John 3:19 — And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• Romans 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
• Galatians 1:4 — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• 1 Timothy 6:4 — He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
• Hebrews 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
• Hebrews 10:22 — Let 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.
• 1 John 3:12 — Not 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 5:19 — And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.