πονηρόςponērós
hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556 (κακός), which refers rather to essential character, as well as from G4550 (σαπρός), which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners
Greek (New Testament) · G4190
Meanings
(a) of persons, oppressed by toils (Hes.)
(b) of things, toilsome, painful (καιρός, Sirach 51:12): Ephesians 5:16, Ephesians 6:13, Revelation 16:2.
2. bad, worthless
(a) in physical sense: καρπός, Matthew 7:17, Matthew 7:18
(b) in ethical sense, bad, evil, wicked
(α) of persons: Matthew 7:11, Matthew 12:34, Matthew 12:35, Matthew 18:32, Matthew 25:26, Luke 6:45, Luke 11:13, Luke 19:22, Acts 17:5, 2 Thessalonians 3:2, 2 Timothy 3:13; γενεά, Matthew 12:39, Matthew 12:45, Matthew 16:4, Luke 11:29; πνεῦμια, Matthew 12:45, Luke 7:21, Luke 8:2, Luke 11:26, Acts 19:12, Acts 19:13, Acts 19:15, Acts 19:16; as as a noun, οἱ π., opposed to δίκαιοι, Matthew 13:49; to ἀγαθοί, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 22:10; οἱ ἀχάριστοι καὶ π., Luke 6:35; sing., ὁ π., Matthew 5:39, 1 Corinthians 5:13; id. especially of Satan, the evil one, Matthew 5:37, Matthew 6:13 Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:38, Luke 11:4, John 17:15, Ephesians 6:16, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 John 2:13, 1 John 2:14, 1 John 3:12, 1 John 5:18, 1 John 5:19
(β) of things: Matthew 5:11, Matthew 12:35, Matthew 15:19, Luke 6:22, Luke 6:45, John 3:19, John 7:7, Acts 18:14, Acts 25:18, Galatians 1:4, Colossians 1:21, 1 Timothy 6:4, 2 Timothy 4:18, Hebrews 3:12, Hebrews 10:22, James 2:4, James 4:16, 1 John 3:12, 2 John 1:11, 3 John 1:10; ὀφθαλμός (see that word), Matthew 6:23, Matthew 20:15, Mark 7:22, Luke 11:34; as as a noun, neuter, τὸ π., Acts 28:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:22; opposed to ἀγαθόν, Luke 6:45, Romans 12:9; plural, Matthew 9:4, Mark 7:23, Luke 3:19.
Synonyms
see ἄθεσμος.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 78 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 5:11 “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers.
- Matthew 5:37 Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one.
- Matthew 5:39 But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.
- Matthew 5:45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.
- Matthew 6:13 And don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
- Matthew 6:23 But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!
See every passage
- Matthew 5:11, 5:37, 5:39, 5:45, 6:13, 6:23, 7:11, 7:17, 7:18, 9:4, 12:34, 12:35, 12:39, 12:45, 13:19, 13:38, 13:49, 15:19, 16:4, 18:32, 20:15, 22:10, 25:26
- Mark 7:22, 7:23
- Luke 3:19, 6:22, 6:35, 6:45, 7:21, 8:2, 11:13, 11:26, 11:29, 11:34, 19:22
- John 3:19, 7:7, 17:15
- Acts 17:5, 18:14, 19:12, 19:13, 19:15, 19:16, 25:18, 28:21
- Romans 12:9
- 1 Corinthians 5:13
- Galatians 1:4
- Ephesians 5:16, 6:13, 6:16
- Colossians 1:21
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22
- 2 Thessalonians 3:2, 3:3
- 1 Timothy 6:4
- 2 Timothy 3:13, 4:18
- Hebrews 3:12, 10:22
- James 2:4, 4:16
- 1 John 2:13, 2:14, 3:12, 5:18, 5:19
- 2 John 1:11
- 3 John 1:10
- Revelation 16:2
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.