Acts 19:16:13Acts.19.16.W13TAB

πονηρόν

ponêron

evil

Transliteration
po-nê-RON
Extended
poh-neh-ROHN
IPA
/po.nɛːˈron/

Meaning by language

English
evil

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Result
πο + νη + ρόν
po + nê + ron
ponêron

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new
Etai — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    po-nê-RON

  2. sentence

    kai e-pha-LO-me-nos ho AN-thrô-pos ep au-TOUS en hôi ÊN to PNEU-ma to po-nê-RON ka-ta-ky-ri-EU-sas am-pho-TE-rôn IS-khy-sen kai kat au-TÔN HÔ-ste gym-NOUS kai te-trau-ma-tis-ME-nous ek-phy-GEIN ek tou OI-kou e-KEI-nou

Exegesis

The relative clause en hō ēn to pneuma to ponērón {ἐν ᾧ ἦν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρόν | en hō ēn tò pneûma tò ponērón} defines the man by the indwelling evil spirit, highlighting the agency behind his power.

In contextActs 19:16

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaping upon them and mastering all of them, prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

About this coordinate

Acts 19:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 19:16, so the Greek word πονηρόν (ponêron) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.19.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.16.W13.S1) and character.