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πονηρίαponēria
evil
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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)
(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)
Abbott-Smith
Liddell–Scott–Jones
πονηρία, ἡ,
A bad state or condition, ὀφθαλμῶν Pl. Hp.Mi. 374d; ἡ τοῦ σώματος π. Id. R. 609c; π. ψυχῆς ibid.
II in moral sense, wickedness, vice, knavery, ἡ μωρία.. ἀδελφὴ τῆς π. ἔφυ S. Fr. 925, cf. Ar. Th. 868, Lys. 22.16; εἰς τὴν π. πάλιν τρέπεται turns again to vice, X. Cyr. 7.5.75: in pl., knavish tricks, rogueries, D. 21.19, Arist. Rh. 1389a18.
2 baseness, cowardice, E. Cyc. 645, Lys. 14.9.
3 with a political connotation, mob-rule, Th. 8.47.
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