φαῦλος phaulos · G5337

evil

φαῦλος, -η, -ον ; [in LXX: Pro.22:8 (עֶוֶל) Pro.29:9 (אֱוִיל), etc. ; ] ; slight, worthless, of no account, both of persons and things in various shades of meaning (see LS, see word), in NT, as frequently in cl., always with distinct moral reference (see Ellic., Past. Epp., 203; Hort, Ja., 85; Tr., Syn., LXXxiv), worthless, bad: Jhn.3:20, Tit.2:8, Jas.3:16; opposite to ἀγαθός (which see), Jhn.5:29, Rom.9:11, 2Co.5:10.†; SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

φαῦλος, η, ον, ; also ος, ον []:— cheap, easy, slight, paltry, first found commonly in [] adverb φαύλως[]; I of things, easy, slight, φ. ἀθλήσας πόνον []; φαυλότατον ἔργον ''tis as easy as lying', []; οὔτοι βασιλέα φαῦλόν [ἐστι] κτανεῖν 'tis no slight matter to kill a king, []; νυκτὸς γὰρ οὔτι φ. ἐμβαλεῖν στρατόν no easy matter, []; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν bring paltry charges, []; τὰ φ. νικήσας ἔχω have gained petty victories, []; σύμμαχον Τροίᾳ μολόντα Ῥῆσον οὐ φαύλῳ τρόπῳ, i. e. with no trivial …

Where it's used 6 times

John 3:20 · John 5:29 · Romans 9:11 · 2 Corinthians 5:10 · Titus 2:8 · James 3:16

Source: TBESG G5337; TFLSJ G5337

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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