Vocabulary Form
πονηρός, -ά, -όν
Definition

evil, bad

Erasmian
Modern
Root
πονηρο
Frequency
78
GK
4505
Cognates

Ponera is a genus of stinging ants.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil (ponēron | πονηρόν | acc sg neut) against you falsely on account of me.
Matthew 5:37 But let what you say be a simple ‘Yes, or ‘No, anything more than this comes from the evil (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg masc) one.
Matthew 5:39 But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer (ponērō | πονηρῷ | dat sg neut); but whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other as well.
Matthew 5:45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil (ponērous | πονηρούς | acc pl masc) and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 6:13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg neut) one.’
Matthew 6:23 but if your eye is evil (ponēros | πονηρός | nom sg masc), your whole body will be filled with darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew 7:11 If then you, who are evil (ponēroi | πονηροί | nom pl masc), know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 7:17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the unhealthy tree bears bad (ponērous | πονηρούς | acc pl masc) fruit.
Matthew 7:18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad (ponērous | πονηρούς | acc pl masc) fruit, nor can an unhealthy tree bear good fruit.
Matthew 9:4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why are you harboring evil (ponēra | πονηρά | acc pl neut) thoughts in your hearts?
Matthew 12:34 You offspring of snakes! How can you, being evil (ponēroi | πονηροί | nom pl masc), speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:35 The good man brings good things out of his good treasure, and the evil (ponēros | πονηρός | nom sg masc) man brings evil (ponēra | πονηρά | acc pl neut) things (ponēra | πονηρά | acc pl neut) out of his evil (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg masc) treasure.
Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, “An evil (ponēra | πονηρά | nom sg fem) and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Matthew 12:45 Then it goes and brings along with it seven other spirits more evil (ponērotera | πονηρότερα | acc pl neut comparative) than itself, and they enter and settle down there; and the last state of that person turns out to be worse than the first. So will it be for this evil (ponēra | πονηρᾷ | dat sg fem) generation as well.”
Matthew 13:19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil (ponēros | πονηρός | nom sg masc) one (ponēros | πονηρός | nom sg masc) comes and snatches away that which was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
Matthew 13:38 and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil (ponērou | πονηροῦ | gen sg masc) one;
Matthew 13:49 So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will go out and separate the wicked (ponērous | πονηρούς | acc pl masc) from the righteous
Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil (ponēroi | πονηροί | nom pl masc) thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
Matthew 16:4 An evil (ponēra | πονηρά | nom sg fem) and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.
Matthew 18:32 Then his master called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked (ponēre | πονηρέ | voc sg masc) servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
Matthew 20:15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge (ponēros | πονηρός | nom sg masc) my generosity?’
Matthew 22:10 So those servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, rogues (ponērous | πονηρούς | acc pl masc) as well as honorable men; and the wedding hall was packed with guests.
Matthew 25:26 But his master answered him, saying, ‘You wicked (ponēre | πονηρέ | voc sg masc) and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?
Mark 7:22 adulteries, greedy actions, wicked deeds, deceit, sensuality, selfishness, slander, arrogance, lack of moral sense.
Mark 7:23 All these evil (ponēra | πονηρά | nom pl neut) things come from within, and they defile a person.”