πονηρὸν (poneron) in Matthew 5:11: Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter

Adjective: the form describes or qualifies another word in the clause.

Accusative: often marks the object or complement in the clause.

Singular: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.

Neuter: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.

Word

The hostile speech description in Matthew 5:11

Describes the kind of speech said against Jesus' hearers.

Do not detach evil from the false accusation frame in the verse.

High: The adjective qualifies the hostile speech in the persecution saying.

Accusative adjective modifying word. describes the speech content. Attached to word. Governed by the hostile speech description in Matthew 5:11. Read with every evil word against you.

How does Jesus describe the hostile speech? As evil and false.

Direct: The form directly supports evil.

This occurrence must be read within every evil word against you, not as a standalone word study.

The witness reads πονηρὸν in Matthew 5:11.

The lemma πονηρός carries the gloss "evil, bad, wicked", and here it describes the speech as evil or wicked.

The adjective modifies word within the object of the saying verb.

Jesus describes hostile speech against his hearers as evil and false.

The form keeps the hostility in Matthew 5:11 morally evaluated rather than merely unpleasant.

Use it to identify the moral quality of the speech Jesus describes.

Do not use this adjective alone to classify every disagreement as evil speech.