Matthew 6:13 The Lord's Prayer Concluded

13 καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν,

ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ. 

Matthew 6:13

And do not bring us into temptation

but deliver us from the evil one.

ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ (from the evil one)

πονηροῦ is from πονηρός meaning evil.  It is in a genitive singular form in this passage.  πονηρός used mostly as an adjective, but here it is being used as a singular noun.  Most translations render this simple as “evil”.  Jesus may be pin-pointing who we are to ask to be delivered from.

http://wordforlifeinlove.blogspot.com/2010/08/mat-613-deliver-us.html

RB