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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 - Then he said to them, “Thus may the LORD be with you, [fn]if ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil is [fn]in your mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - “Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it shall come about, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the [fn]lips of their descendants); for I know their intent which they are [fn]developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - ‘I therefore have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by making war against me; may the LORD, the Judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation we are in, that Jerusalem is desolate and its gates burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a reproach.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - then Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together at [fn]Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to [fn]harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I came to Jerusalem and [fn]learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by preparing a [fn]room for him in the courts of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - “[fn]Do we then hear about you that you have committed all this great evil by acting unfaithfully against our God by [fn]marrying foreign women?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;
For the righteous God tries the hearts and [fn]minds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:4 - Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them their [fn]recompense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - Let [fn]death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to [fn]Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:8 - They mock and [fn]wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - He has brought back their wickedness upon them
And will [fn]destroy them in their evil;
The LORD our God will [fn]destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds [fn]of wickedness
With men who do iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When [fn]he speaks graciously, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his [fn]legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too 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 prevalent [fn]among men—

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler—

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away [fn]pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - “For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record [fn]unjust decisions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - “You felt secure in your wickedness and said,
‘No one sees me,’
Your wisdom and your knowledge, [fn]they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet run to evil,
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - “Circumcise yourselves to the LORD
And remove the foreskins of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My wrath will go forth like fire
And burn with none to quench it,
Because of the evil of your deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not [fn]separated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts,
“Behold, I will refine them and assay them;
For what else can I do, because of 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 polluted;
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - Then the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - ‘But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says the LORD—so I will [fn]abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who 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 sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their leaders, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - ‘While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:3 - because of their wickedness which they committed so as to provoke Me to anger by continuing to burn [fn]sacrifices and to serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - “So the LORD was no longer able to endure it, because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; thus your land has become a ruin, an object of horror and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:16 - “The disaster of Moab will soon come,
And his calamity has swiftly hastened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - “As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time.
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