πανοῦργος
panoûrgos · G3835 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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scoundrel, crafty fellow
(Literally: one who is ready to do anything) Pertaining to being crafty and sly
Examples2 Corinthians 12:16 But be that as it may, I did not burden you myself; nevertheless, devious person that I am, I took you in by deceit.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- עָרוּם ʻârûwm · H6175 · astute, clever, crafty
- Hebrew עָרוּם (ʻârûwm, H6175) denotes cunning or shrewdness with neutral-to-negative moral valence (used of the serpent in Gen 3:1, but also of wise prudence in Proverbs), while Greek πανοῦργος (panoûrgos, G3835) carries similar semantic range of cleverness/adroitness that can shade either positively (skillful) or negatively (crafty/unscrupulous) depending on context; the LXX regularly renders עָרוּם with πανοῦργος where cunning or shrewdness is in view.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Scoundrel, crafty fellow88.269
- πανοῦργος describes a person characterized by cunning and deceit, as Paul ironically concedes the charge brought against him: “But be that as it may, I did not burden you myself; nevertheless, devious person that I am, I took you in by deceit.” (2 Corinthians 12:16)
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πανοῦργον (πᾶς and ἘΠΤΩ equivalent to ἐργάζομαι; on the accent, see κακοῦργος), the Sept.…
1. in a good sense, fit to undertake and accomplish anything, dexterous; wise, sagacious, skillful (Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch, others; the Sept. Prov 13:1; Prov 28:2). But far more frequent.
2. in a bad sense, crafty, cunning, knavish, treacherous, deceitful, (Tragg., Aristophanes, Plato, Plutarch, others; the Sept.; Sir. 6:32 (31) (but here in a good sense); Sirach 21:12>, etc.): 2 Cor 12:16.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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