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Luke 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Evil (πονηρός, sc#4190) is used 76x’s in the New Testament. A derivative of πόνος, which in English is "pain, anguish," sc#4192. Wicked is a form of the Greek πονηρός" I am trying to determine a hermeneutic definition for evils or in this case "wicked"? Is it always an adversarial emotion or action?