πονηρός, -ά, -όν (πονέω,
to toil), [in LXX chiefly for רַע;] 1) (a) of persons,
oppressed by toils (Hes.); (b) of things,
toilsome, painful (καιρός, Sir.51:12): Eph.5:16 6:13 Rev.16:2. 2)
bad, worthless; (a)
in physical sense: καρπός, Mat.7:17-18; (b) in ethical sense,
bad, evil, wicked; (α)
of persons: Mat.7:11 12:34-35 18:32 25:26, Luk.6:45 11:13 19:22, Act.17:5, 2Th.3:2, 2Ti.3:13; γενεά, Mat.12:39, 45 16:4, Luk.11:29; πνεῦμια, Mat.12:45, Luk.7:21 8:2 11:26, Act.19:12-13, 15-16; as subst, οἱ π, opposite to δίκαιοι, Mat.13:49; to ἀγαθοί, Mat.5:45 22:10; οἱ ἀχάριστοι καὶ π, Luk.6:35; sing, ὁ π, Mat.5:39, 1Co.5:13; id. esp. of Satan,
the evil one, Mat.5:37 6:13 (see Lft,
Notes, 125 ff; but cf. McN, in l) Mat.13:19, 38, Luk.11:4 (WH, R, om.), Jhn.17:15, Eph.6:16, 2Th.3:3 (Lft,
Notes, l.with), 1Jn.2:13-14 Jn 3:12 Jn 5:18-19; (β)
of things: Mat.5:11 12:35 15:19, Luk.6:22, 45, Jhn.3:19 7:7, Act.18:14 25:18, Gal.1:4, Col.1:21, 1Ti.6:4, 2Ti.4:18, Heb.3:12 10:22, Jas.2:4 4:16, 1Jn.3:12, II Jn 11, 3Jn.10; ὀφθαλμός (which see), Mat.6:23 20:15, Mrk.7:22, Luk.11:34; as subst, neut, τὸ π, Act.28:21, 1Th.5:22; opposite to ἀγαθόν, Luk.6:45, Rom.12:9; pl, Mat.9:4, Mrk.7:23, Luk.3:19.
SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος (
AS)