What does διαλογισμός · πονηρός mean in the Bible?
διαλογισμός · πονηρός is a Greek phrase meaning "evil thoughts, wicked reasonings".
Greek · G1261, G4190
διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί
Reasoning · evil/bad
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διαλογισμός G1261 reasoning
Pronunciation dialogismós
Inner deliberation or questioning, often negative doubts or evil intentions rather than neutral thought.
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πονηρός G4190 evil/bad
Pronunciation ponērós
Moral or physical badness; notably used for Satan as "the evil one" in spiritual warfare contexts.
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What does διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί (dialogismoi ponēroi) mean in the Bible?
διαλογισμός · πονηρός is a Greek phrase meaning "evil thoughts, wicked reasonings".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1261, G4190?
G1261, G4190 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. evil thoughts, wicked reasonings
Source Gloss
evil thoughts, wicked reasonings
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 14 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Plural (11)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:19 · Mark 7:21 · Luke 2:35 · Luke 24:38 4×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:46 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Rom 14:1 · Phil 2:14 · Jas 2:4 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 2:8 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rom 1:21 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 5:22 · Luke 6:8 · 1 Cor 3:20 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:47 1×
Word Origins
διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain