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πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας

Spiritual · evil

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πνευματικός G4152 spiritual
Pronunciation pneumatikós
Spiritual realities actuated by Divine Spirit, contrasting with fleshly or soulish dimensions of human existence.
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πονηρία G4189 evil
Pronunciation ponēría
Wickedness as active malice and harmful intent, distinct from mere badness or depravity
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What does πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας (pneumatika tēs ponērias) mean in the Bible?

πνευματικός · πονηρία is a Greek word meaning "spiritual forces of evil, spiritual things of wickedness".

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Meaning

spiritual forces of evil, spiritual things of wickedness
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rom 7:14 · 1 Cor 2:15 · 1 Cor 14:37 · 1 Pet 2:5 4×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 15:44 · 1 Cor 15:46 4×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Gal 6:1 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 10:4 1×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 12:1 1×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Rom 15:27 · 1 Cor 2:13 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Eph 1:3 · Col 1:9 2×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Eph 5:19 · Col 3:16 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 3:1 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 2:13 · 1 Cor 9:11 · 1 Cor 14:1 · Eph 6:12 4×
26 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 12 — One Spirit, Many Gifts, and One Body in Christ 1 Corinthians 15 — Christ Is Risen, the Dead Will Be Raised, and Death Will Be Destroyed Colossians 3 — Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New Mark 7 — True Defilement and Boundary-Crossing Mercy Romans 15 — Bearing with the Weak, Welcoming One Another, and Paul’s Priestly Mission to the Gentiles Romans 7 — Released from the Law, Exposed by the Law, and Crying Out for Deliverance

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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