ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΙ, πονηρευομενοι
PONĒREUOMENOI, ponēreuomenoi
Sounds Like: po-nee-REH-oo-meh-noy
Translations: doing evil, acting wickedly, wicked ones, evil ones, those who do evil
From the root: ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle derived from the verb 'ponēreuomai', meaning 'to act wickedly' or 'to do evil'. As a participle, it describes someone who is in the process of doing evil or acting wickedly. It can function as an adjective, modifying a noun, or as a substantive (a noun), referring to 'those who are doing evil' or 'wicked people'. It describes a continuous state or action of wickedness.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4190 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 64:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 18:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΣΘΕ — you acted wickedly, you did evil, you committed wickedness
- ΕΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to act wickedly, to do evil, to be evil, to behave wickedly
- ΕΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΣΑΤΟ — he acted wickedly, he did evil, he behaved wickedly, he committed evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΕΣΘΕ — to be evil, to do evil, to act wickedly
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΗΤΕ — you may do evil, you may be wicked, you may act wickedly, you may be malicious
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΕ — doing evil, acting wickedly, being evil, those doing evil, those acting wickedly
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΝ — doing evil, being evil, acting wickedly
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those who are doing evil, those who are wicked, evildoers, wicked ones
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΥΟΜΕΝΩ — doing evil, acting wickedly, of those who do evil, of those who act wickedly
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