adjective

panourgos

Greekπανοῦργος (panourgos)

Strong’sG3835

cunning, crafty

stem panourg-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

crafty1×

What it means

πανοῦργος, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for עָרוּם;]

ready to do anything;

(a) in cl., chiefly in bad sense, knavish, crafty: II Co 12:16;

(b) in good sense, skilful, clever (Pr 13:1 28:2).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3835 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpan-oor'-gos

all-working, i.e. adroit (shrewd)

Fromfrom G3956 and G2041;

King Jamescrafty.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	panourgos1×πανοῦργος	panourgas	panourgem	panourgois	panourgais	panourgeim
object accusative	panourgon	panourgan		panourgoin	panourgain
direct address vocative	panourgor	panourgar		panourgoir	panourgair
of, belonging to genitive	panourgou	panourgau	panourgeu	panourgoiu	panourgaiu	panourgeiu
to, for dative	panourgo	panourga	panourge	panourgoi	panourgai	panourgei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

panourgstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

panourg is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

panourgos“crafty”subjectnominative singular1×

2 Corinthians 12:16“crafty”atōr de, mis ouk katabarama vin; alla huparcharōtos panourgos dolo vin lambama.Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.