Strong’s G4189 · Greek

πονηρία
ponēría

Definition

depravity, i.e. (specially), malice; plural (concretely) plots, sins

Etymology

from G4190 (πονηρός);

Where the KJV renders it

  • iniquity
  • wickedness

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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