ΠΟΝΗΡΙΑΙ, πονηριαι
PONĒRIAI, ponēriai
Sounds Like: po-nee-REE-ai
Translations: wickedness, evil, malice, mischief, a wickedness, an evil
From the root: ΠΟΝΗΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to wickedness, evil, or malice. It describes a state of moral badness or an act that is morally wrong. It can be used to refer to general evil or specific acts of wickedness. In the provided examples, it refers to multiple instances or forms of wickedness.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4189 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 8 — 1:3
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 6:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 7:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΝΗΡΙΑ.
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.
- ΝΗΡΙΑ — wickedness, evil, malice, mischief, a wickedness, an evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΕΙΑΣ — of wickedness, of malice, of depravity, of evil, of mischief, of iniquity
- ΠΟΝΗΡΗΙΑΣ — of wickedness, of evil, of malice, of depravity, of mischief
- ΠΟΝΗΡΙΑ — wickedness, evil, malice, mischief, a wickedness, an evil, a malice, a mischief
- ΠΟΝΗΡΙΑΙΣ — (to) wickedness, (to) evil, (to) malice, (to) mischief, (to) iniquity
- ΠΟΝΗΡΙΑΝ — wickedness, evil, malice, mischief, a wickedness, an evil
- ΠΟΝΗΡΙΑΣ — of wickedness, of evil, of malice, of depravity, of mischief
- ΠΟΝΗΡΙΩΝ — of wickedness, of evil, of malice, of iniquity
- ΠΟΡΗΡΙΑΣ — of wickedness, of evil, of malice, of depravity, of iniquity
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