Greek noun (feminine) · G4189
πονηρία
poneriapon-ay-ree'-ah
evil
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ponēría
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4189is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4189
depravity, i.e. (specially), malice; plural (concretely) plots, sins
The King James renders it: iniquity, wickedness.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
poneria is rendered "evil". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 22:18But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
Matthew 22:18πονηρίαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in seven of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- wickedness3
- wickednesses2
- malice1
- of evil1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| πονηρός | poneros | evil/bad | Uses78 |
| πονηρότερος | poneroteros | more evil | Usesnot recorded |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πονηρίας3
- πονηρίᾳ1
- πονηρίαι1
- πονηρίαν1
- πονηριῶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1N-GPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
one use
But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
- πονηρίανponeriannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: malice
Mark
one use
greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
- πονηρίαιponeriainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: wickednesses
Luke
one use
“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
- πονηρίαςponeriasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: wickedness
Acts
one use
When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
- πονηριῶνponerionnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: wickednesses
Romans
one use
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
- πονηρίᾳponerianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: wickedness
1 Corinthians
one use
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
- πονηρίαςponeriasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: wickedness
Ephesians
one use
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
- πονηρίαςponeriasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of evil
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.