What does πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) mean in the Bible?
πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) is a Greek word meaning "crafty".
Greek · G3835
πανοῦργος
Crafty
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πανοῦργοςG3835
Pronunciationpanoûrgos
What does πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) mean in the Bible?
πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) is a Greek word meaning "crafty".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3835?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include crafty (1).
Where does πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 12:16. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itcrafty1×2 Corinthians 12:16
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Usage map
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First aligned row2 Corinthians 12:16
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
2 Corinthians1
Source forms
πανοῦργος1xpanourgos2 Corinthians 12:16
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1x2 Corinthians 12:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. crafty
Strong'sG3835
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
crafty
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 12:16Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
πανοῦργος,panourgov
cunning, crafty
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine2 Cor 12:161×
Word Origins
πανοῦργος is built from these roots: