ponēria (evil) · Rightly

Meaning

Usually translated “wickedness”, “wickednesses” and “malice”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

wickedness 3
wickednesses 2
malice 1
of evil 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Matthew 1
Mark 1
Luke 1
Acts 1
Romans 1
1 Corinthians 1

7 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Luke 11:39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
1 Corinthians 5:8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Ephesians 6:12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Greek dictionary

πονηρία ponēria · evil

πονηρία, -ας, ἡ (πονηρός), [in LXX chiefly for רַע ;] iniquity, wickedness: Mat.22:18, Luk.11:39, Rom.1:29, Eph.6:12; pl. (see Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153), Mrk.7:22, Act.3:26; κακία καὶ π., 1Co.5:8.† SYN.: see: κακία. (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “evil” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

E'VIL, adjective

e'vl. [Heb. to be unjust or injurious, to defraud.]

Having bad qualities of a natural kind; mischievous; having qualities which tend to injury, or to produce mischief.“Some evil beast hath devoured him” Genesis 37:20
Having bad qualities of a moral kind; wicked; corrupt; perverse; wrong; as evil thoughts; evil deeds; evil speaking; an evil generation.
Unfortunate; unhappy; producing sorrow, distress, injury or calamity; as evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.

All definitions and other forms of “evil”

E'VIL, noun

evil is natural or moral. Natural evil is any thing which produces pain, distress, loss or calamity, or which in any way disturbs the peace, impairs the happiness, or destroys the perfection of natural beings.

Misfortune; mischief; injury.“There shall no evil befall thee” Psalms 91:10“A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself” Proverbs 22:3
Depravity; corruption of heart, or disposition to commit wickedness; malignity.“The heart of the sons of men is full of evil” Ecclesiastes 9:3
Malady; as the king's evil or scrophula.

E'VIL, adverb

[generally contracted to ill.]

Not well; not with justice or propriety; unsuitable.
Not virtuously; not innocently.
Not happily; unfortunately.
Injuriously; not kindly.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.