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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 - He said to them, "The LORD will need to be with you if I release you and your dependents! Watch out! Trouble is right in front of you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Why should the Egyptians say, 'For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - I have not done you wrong, but you are doing wrong by attacking me. May the LORD, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - They said to me, "The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - So the king said to me, "Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren't sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?" This made me very fearful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - Then I said to them, "You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let's rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue."

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, "Come on! Let's set up a time to meet together at Kephirim in the plain of Ono." Now they intended to do me harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:27 - Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:4 - Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:8 - They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the LORD and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:29 - The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore the LORD who rules over all says, "I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:11 - Moreover, the LORD says, "Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:2 - One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:3 - The LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - "I, the LORD, also solemnly assert: 'King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the people who remain in Jerusalem or who have gone to live in Egypt are like those bad figs. I consider them to be just like those bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:32 - I am determined to do so because the people of Israel and Judah have made me angry with all their wickedness - they, their kings, their officials, their priests, their prophets, and especially the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have done this wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - 'The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:3 - This happened because of the wickedness the people living there did. They made me angry by worshiping and offering sacrifice to other gods whom neither they nor you nor your ancestors previously knew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - Finally the LORD could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:16 - Moab's destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:27 - These two kings, their minds filled with evil intentions, will trade lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.
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