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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 7 times in 7 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:22 - “thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:39 - Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:26 - “To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:29 - being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality,[fn] wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:8 - Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:12 - For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[fn] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
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