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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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
po-nê-RON
- 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 context — Acts 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.