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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4191. πονηρότερος (ponéroteros) -- More evil, more wicked</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4191.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/13-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4191.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4191</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4190.htm" title="4190">◄</a> 4191. ponéroteros <a href="../greek/4192.htm" title="4192">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">ponéroteros: More evil, more wicked</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">πονηρότερος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>ponéroteros<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>po-nay-RO-te-ros<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(pon-ay-rot'-er-os)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>More evil, more wicked<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>more wicked.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from πονηρός (ponēros), meaning "evil" or "wicked."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - H7451 (רַע, ra): Often translated as "evil" or "wicked," this Hebrew word shares a similar semantic range with "ponēros" and its comparative form "ponéroteros."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "ponéroteros" is a comparative adjective used in the New Testament to describe something or someone as being more evil or wicked than another. It emphasizes a greater degree of moral corruption or malevolence. This word is often used to contrast varying levels of wickedness, highlighting the increasing severity or intensity of evil actions or character.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, moral and ethical behavior was often discussed in terms of virtue and vice. The concept of evil was not only a religious concern but also a philosophical one. In Jewish thought, evil was understood as anything contrary to the will and nature of God. The New Testament writers, influenced by both Jewish and Hellenistic thought, used terms like "ponéroteros" to communicate the seriousness of sin and moral decay, often in the context of spiritual warfare and the struggle between good and evil.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>cptv. of <a href="/greek/4190.htm">ponéros</a>, q.v.<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>more wicked. <p>Comparative of <a href="/greek/4190.htm">poneros</a>; more evil -- more wicked. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4190.htm">poneros</a> <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><a href="/greek/pone_ra_4190.htm">πονηρὰ — 15 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_rai_4190.htm">πονηραί — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_ras_4190.htm">πονηρᾶς — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_re_4190.htm">πονηρέ — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_ro__4190.htm">πονηρῷ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_ro_n_4190.htm">πονηρῶν — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_roi_4190.htm">πονηροὶ — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_rois_4190.htm">πονηροῖς — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_ron_4190.htm">πονηρὸν — 12 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_ros_4190.htm">πονηρὸς — 8 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_rou_4190.htm">πονηροῦ — 13 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pone_rous_4190.htm">πονηροὺς — 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pono_n_4192.htm">πόνων — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ponon_4192.htm">πόνον — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ponos_4192.htm">πόνος — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ponou_4192.htm">πόνου — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pontikon_4193.htm">Ποντικὸν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pontios_4194.htm">Πόντιος — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/pontiou_4194.htm">Ποντίου — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ponton_4195.htm">Πόντον — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4190.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4190"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4190" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4192.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4192"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4192" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>