King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5337
Transliteration: phaulos
Phonetic Spelling: (fow'-los)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: worthless, bad
Meaning: worthless, bad
φαῦλος, φαύλῃ, φαῦλον (akin to German faul andflau), easy, slight, ordinary, mean, worthless, of no account; ethically, bad, wicked, base (Theognis, (?), Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch): James 3:16; φαῦλον τί λέγειν περί τίνος, Titus 2:8; φαῦλα πράσσειν (R. V. to do ill), John 3:20; τά φαῦλα πράσσειν opposed to τά ἀγαθά ποιεῖν, John 5:29; φαῦλον (opposed to ἀγαθόν πράσσειν, Romans 9:11 L T Tr WH; 2 Corinthians 5:10 T Tr text WH. (See Trench, Synonyms, § lxxxiv.)
Word Summary
phaulos: worthless, bad
Original Word: φαῦλοςTransliteration: phaulos
Phonetic Spelling: (fow'-los)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: worthless, bad
Meaning: worthless, bad
Strong's Concordance
evil. Apparently a primary word; "foul" or "flawy", i.e. (figuratively) wicked -- evil.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5337: φαῦλοςφαῦλος, φαύλῃ, φαῦλον (akin to German faul andflau), easy, slight, ordinary, mean, worthless, of no account; ethically, bad, wicked, base (Theognis, (?), Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch): James 3:16; φαῦλον τί λέγειν περί τίνος, Titus 2:8; φαῦλα πράσσειν (R. V. to do ill), John 3:20; τά φαῦλα πράσσειν opposed to τά ἀγαθά ποιεῖν, John 5:29; φαῦλον (opposed to ἀγαθόν πράσσειν, Romans 9:11 L T Tr WH; 2 Corinthians 5:10 T Tr text WH. (See Trench, Synonyms, § lxxxiv.)