πανοῦργος, πανοῦργον (πᾶς and ἘΠΤΩ equivalent to ἐργάζομαι; on the accent, see κακοῦργος), the Sept. for ςΘψεΜν; skillful, clever, i. e.: 1. in a good sense, fit to undertake and accomplish anything, dexterous; wise, sagacious, skillful (Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch, others; the Sept. Pro_13:1; Pro_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); , etc.): 2Co_12:16.

πανοῦργος panourgos 1x pr. ready to do anything; hence, crafty, cunning, artful, wily, 2Co_12:16 πανταχῇ pantachē 1x everywhere, Act_21:28

πανοῦργος , -ον , [in LXX chiefly for H6175 ;] ready to do anything; (a) in cl ., chiefly in bad sense, knavish, crafty: 2Co_12:16 ; (b) in good sense, skilful, clever ( Pro_13:1 ; Pro_28:2 ).†

πανοῦργος [page 477] In Kaibel 1103 .3 πανοῦργος is found as an epithet of Eros. The editor renders it veterator , crafty : cf. 2Co_12:16 , the only occurrence of the adj. in the NT. P Lond 46 .73 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 67) shows πανουργικὸν ξύλον in a spell for discovering a thief. Πανοῦργος is formed on the analogy of κακοῦργος <κακο - ϝεργος (Boisacq s.v. πᾶς , p. 748).

πανοῦργος πα^ν-οῦργος, ον, [Etym: Ε῎ργω] "ready to do anything wicked, knavish, villanous", Aesch. , etc.:—as Subst. "a knave, rogue, villain", Eur. , Ar. ; τὰ π. "the knavish sort", Soph. ; but also = πανουργία, id=Soph. :—comp. -ότερος, Sup. -ότατος, Ar. adv. -γως, Sup. -ότατα, id=Ar. in a less positively bad sense, "cunning, crafty, clever, smart", Plat. , etc.

πανοῦργος, -ον [in LXX chiefly for עָרוּם ;] ready to do anything; __(a) in cl., chiefly in bad sense, knavish, crafty: 2Co.12:16; __(b) in good sense, skilful, clever (Pro.13:1 28:2).† (AS)