What does πνευματικός · πονηρία mean in the Bible?
πνευματικός · πονηρία is a Greek phrase meaning "spiritual forces of evil, spiritual things of wickedness".
Greek · G4152, G4189
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 phrase meaning "spiritual forces of evil, spiritual things of wickedness".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4152, G4189?
G4152, G4189 is connected to 26 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. spiritual forces of evil, spiritual things of wickedness
Source Gloss
spiritual forces of evil, spiritual things of wickedness
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 26 Case pattern Nominative (9) Number pattern Plural (11)
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×
Word Origins
πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας 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