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Lexicon :: Strong's G4189 - ponēria

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πονηρία
Transliteration
ponēria (Key)
Pronunciation
pon-ay-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:562,912

Strong’s Definitions

πονηρία ponēría, pon-ay-ree'-ah; from G4190; depravity, i.e. (specially), malice; plural (concretely) plots, sins:—iniquity, wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G4189 in the following manner: wickedness (6x), iniquity (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G4189 in the following manner: wickedness (6x), iniquity (1x).

  1. depravity, iniquity, wickedness

  2. malice

  3. evil purposes and desires

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πονηρία ponēría, pon-ay-ree'-ah; from G4190; depravity, i.e. (specially), malice; plural (concretely) plots, sins:—iniquity, wickedness.
STRONGS G4189:
πονηρία, πονηρίας, ἡ (πονηρός) (from Sophocles down), the Sept. for רֹעַ and רָעָה, depravity, iniquity, wickedness ((so A. V. almost uniformly)), malice: Matthew 22:18; Luke 11:39; Romans 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:8; Ephesians 6:12; plural αἱ πονηρίαι (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, § 123, 2; R. V. wickednesses), evil purposes and desires, Mark 7:22; wicked ways (A. V. iniquities), Acts 3:26. (Synonym: see κακία, at the end.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
22:18
Mark
7:22
Luke
11:39
Acts
3:26
Romans
1:29
1 Corinthians
5:8
Ephesians
6:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4189 matches the Greek πονηρία (ponēria),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:10 - And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:4 - Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:8 - They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:11 - For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:32 - Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:3 - Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:16 - The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
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