πονηρός
ponēros (G4190)
evil/bad
AI Word Study
The Greek word πονηρός (ponēros) carries a short definition of "evil" or "bad." From its 79 occurrences in the Bible, we can observe a nuanced meaning that extends beyond a simple label. πονηρός often represents a force or condition that disrupts the proper order, causing harm or suffering. In the context of its semantic domain of "Sin & Righteousness," πονηρός typically describes a state of wickedness or malevolence, often associated with actions or attitudes characterized by malice, cruelty, or selfishness. Its usage suggests that πονηρός represents an oppositional force to the values of righteousness, justice, and divine order. The prevalence of πονηρός throughout the Bible underscores its significance in the narrative, illustrating the consequences of embracing evil and the importance of resisting or confronting it. By examining this word's varied uses, we gain insight into the biblical authors' understanding of the nature of evil and its impact on individuals and communities.
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“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
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.
that 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.
Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
But 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!
If 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!
Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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.
But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
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.”
When 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.
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.
So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
An 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.
Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
“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.
covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
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.
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.
In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ ”
If 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?”
Then 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.”
When 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.
The 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.
“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will 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.
This 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.
The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.
But 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.
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;
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
But 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.”
The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
When the accusers stood up, they brought no charges against him of such things as I supposed;
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.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
But those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”
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