Matthew 22:10:13Matt.22.10.W13TAB
πονηρούς·
ponêroos
“evil”
- Transliteration
- po-nê-ROOS
- Extended
- poh-nê-ROOS
- IPA
- /po.neː.ˈruːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
po-nê-ROOS
- clause
KAI ek-sel-THON-tes HOI DOO-loi e-KEI-noi EIS TAS ho-DOOS sy-NÊ-ga-gon PAN-tas HOOS HEU-ron po-nê-ROOS
- sentence
KAI ek-sel-THON-tes HOI DOO-loi e-KEI-noi EIS TAS ho-DOOS sy-NÊ-ga-gon PAN-tas HOOS HEU-ron po-nê-ROOS TE KAI a-ga-THOOS KAI e-PLÊS-thê HO GA-mos a-na-kei-ME-nôn
Exegesis
The pair ponērous te kai agathous {πονηρούς τε καὶ ἀγαθούς | ponēroús te kaì agathoús} 'both bad and good' uses the correlative te kai to emphasize inclusivity across moral categories, which is central to the parable's point.
Root and etymology
ponerospi–omicron–nu–eta–rho–omicron–sigma
“evil, wicked, bad”
In context — Matthew 22:10
And those servants went out into the roads and gathered everyone they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was filled with those who were reclining.
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 22:10, so the Greek word πονηρούς· (ponêroos) 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 Matt.22.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.10.W13.S1) and character.