ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΕΙΝ, πονηρευειν
PONĒREUEIN, ponēreuein
Sounds Like: po-nee-REH-oo-ein
Translations: to be evil, to do evil, to act wickedly, to be wicked
From the root: ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of being or doing evil, wickedness, or mischief. It refers to engaging in morally bad or harmful actions, or having a wicked character. It is often used to describe actions that are harmful to others or contrary to divine will.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4190 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 61:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΝΤΟ — they acted wickedly, they did evil, they committed evil
- ἘΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΤΟ — he acted wickedly, he did evil, he committed evil
- ἘΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΩ — you acted wickedly, you did evil, you committed wickedness
- ΕΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΣΘΕ — you acted wickedly, you did evil, you committed evil
- ΕΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΟΥ — you acted wickedly, you were evil, be wicked, act wickedly
- ΕΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΩ — you acted wickedly, you did evil, you were evil
- ΠΕΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΘΑΙ — to have acted wickedly, to have done evil, to have been evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to be evil, to do evil, to act wickedly, to be wicked
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΕΤΑΙ — he acts wickedly, he does evil, he is wicked
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΗΣΘΕ — you may be evil, you may act wickedly, you may do evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΗΤΑΙ — he may act wickedly, he may do evil, he may be evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — those who act wickedly, those who do evil, those who are evil, to those who act wickedly, to those who do evil, to those who are evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΣ — doing evil, being evil, acting wickedly, a wicked person, an evil person
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who do evil, of evil-doers, of wicked ones
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ — they do evil, they act wickedly, they are evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having acted wickedly, having done evil, those who acted wickedly
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having acted wickedly, having done evil, having committed evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — having acted wickedly, having done evil, having been evil, of having acted wickedly, of having done evil, of having been evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having acted wickedly, having done evil, having been evil, having been wicked
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΕΤΑΙ — he will act wickedly, he will be evil, he will do evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΗΣΘΕ — you should do evil, you should act wickedly, you should be evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΗΤΑΙ — he may act wickedly, he may do evil, he may be evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΩΝΤΑΙ — they will act wickedly, they will do evil, they will be evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΩ — to be evil, to act wickedly, to do evil
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