What does πονηρός · ἀγαθός mean in the Bible?
πονηρός · ἀγαθός is a Greek phrase meaning "bad and good".
Greek · G4190, G18
πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς
Evil/bad · "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
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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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ἀγαθός G18 "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Pronunciation agathós
Good as inner moral excellence and actual benefit to others, contrasting with merely outward appearance.
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What does πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς (ponērous te kai agathous) mean in the Bible?
πονηρός · ἀγαθός is a Greek phrase meaning "bad and good".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4190, G18?
G4190, G18 is connected to 78 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. bad and good
Source Gloss
bad and good
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 78 Case pattern Nominative (28) Number pattern Singular (29)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:23 · Matt 12:35 · Matt 13:19 · Matt 20:15 · Mark 7:22 · Luke 6:45 · Luke 11:34 · 1 John 5:18 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:11 · Matt 12:34 · Matt 15:19 · Luke 11:13 · 2 Tim 3:13 5×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:39 · Matt 16:4 · Luke 11:29 · Heb 3:12 · Jas 4:16 5×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Mark 7:23 · John 3:19 · John 7:7 · 1 John 3:12 4×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Acts 18:14 · Acts 19:15 · Acts 19:16 · Rev 16:2 4×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Eph 5:16 · 1 Tim 6:4 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:37 · Matt 12:35 · Matt 13:38 · Luke 6:45 · John 17:15 · Gal 1:4 · Eph 6:16 · 2 Thess 3:3 · 1 John 3:12 9×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 3:19 · Luke 7:21 · Luke 8:2 · Acts 25:18 4×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:13 · 1 Thess 5:22 · 2 Tim 4:18 3×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine 2 Thess 3:2 · Jas 2:4 2×
Word Origins
πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς 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