Definition

worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas G4190 (πονηρός) properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious

Etymology

apparently a primary word;

How the KJV renders it

• bad
• evil
• harm
• ill
• noisome
• wicked

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.