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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πονηρός, -ά, -όν
Greek transliteration: 
ponēros
Simplified transliteration: 
poneros
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4190
GK Number: 
4505
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
78
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(1)
Gloss: 
bad, the negative quality of an object; evil, wicked, crime, the negative moral quality of a person or action opposed to God and his goodness; (n.) wicked deed, wicked thing; the Evil One, a title of Satan
Definition: 
bad, unsound, Mt. 6:23; 7:17, 18; evil, afflictive, Eph. 5:16; 6:13; Rev. 16:2; evil, wrongful, malignant, malevolent, Mt. 5:11, 39; Acts 28:21; evil, wicked, impious, and τὸ πονηρόν, evil, wrong, wickedness, Mt. 5:37, 45; 9:4; slothful, inactive, Mt. 25:26; Lk. 19:22; ὁ πονηρός, the evil one, the devil, Mt. 13:19, 38; Jn. 17:15; evil eye, i.q. φθονερός envious, Mt. 20:15; Mk. 7:22; impl. covetous, Mt. 7:11

Greek-English Concordance for πονηρός

Ephesians 5:16 making the most of the time, because the days are evil (ponērai | πονηραί | nom pl fem).
Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil (ponēra | πονηρᾷ | dat sg fem) day, and having done everything, to stand.
Ephesians 6:16 and besides all these, by taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg masc) one.
Colossians 1:21 And you who were at one time who were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil (ponērois | πονηροῖς | dat pl neut) deeds,
1 Thessalonians 5:22 abstain from evil (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg neut) of every kind.
2 Thessalonians 3:2 Pray also that we may be delivered from unprincipled and wicked (ponērōn | πονηρῶν | gen pl masc) men; for not all belong to the faith.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful; he will establish you and guard you from the evil one (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg masc).
1 Timothy 6:4 he is puffed up with conceit, understanding nothing, but has a sickly craving for speculations and fights about words out of which come envy, strife, slanders, evil (ponērai | πονηραί | nom pl fem) suspicions,
2 Timothy 3:13 while wicked (ponēroi | πονηροί | nom pl masc) people and impostors will advance from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Timothy 4:18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg neut) deed and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom, to whom be glory in the ages of ages, Amen.
Hebrews 3:12 Be careful, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil (ponēra | πονηρά | nom sg fem), unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
Hebrews 10:22 let us continue to draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, since our hearts have been sprinkled clean from a guilty (ponēras | πονηρᾶς | gen sg fem) conscience and our bodies washed with clean water.
James 2:4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil (ponērōn | πονηρῶν | gen pl masc) motives?
James 4:16 But as it is, you are making arrogant boasts; all such boasting is evil (ponēra | πονηρά | nom sg fem).
1 John 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one (ponēron | πονηρόν | acc sg masc).
1 John 2:14 I have written to you, my children, because you know the Father. 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 abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one (ponēron | πονηρόν | acc sg masc).
1 John 3:12 We are not to be like Cain who was of the evil (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg masc) one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil (ponēra | πονηρά | nom pl neut) and those of his brother were righteous.
1 John 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not continue to sin, but the one who was born of God protects him and the evil one (ponēros | πονηρός | nom sg masc) will not harm him.
1 John 5:19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one (ponērō | πονηρῷ | dat sg masc).
2 John 1:11 for the one who gives him a greeting becomes a partner in his evil (ponērois | πονηροῖς | dat pl neut) deeds.
3 John 1:10 For this reason, should I come, I will bring up the things he is doing, disparaging us with malicious (ponērois | πονηροῖς | dat pl masc) talk. And not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. He even prevents those who would like to and puts them out of the church.
Revelation 16:2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and a repulsive and malignant (ponēron | πονηρόν | nom sg neut) sore broke out on everyone who bore the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

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