Strong's Lexicon
G5337 — φαῦλος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5337 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φαῦλος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary word |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | phaulos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fau`-los |
| Meaning: | 1. mediocre, worthless, ordinary, inadequate 2. (figuratively) wicked |
| KJV Renderings: | evil |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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): Jas 3:16; φαῦλον τί λέγειν περί τίνος, Tit 2:8; φαῦλα πράσσειν (R. V. to do ill), Joh 3:20; τά φαῦλα πράσσειν opposed to τά ἀγαθά ποιεῖν, Joh 5:29; φαῦλον (opposed to ἀγαθόν πράσσειν, Rom 9:11 L T Tr WH; 2Co 5:10 T Tr text WH. (See Trench, Synonyms, § lxxxiv.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φαῦλος (evil)
John 3:20
- KJV: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved
- GK: πας γαρ ο φαύλα πράσσων μισεί το φως και ουκ έρχεται προς το φως ίνα μη ελεγχθή τα έργα αυτού
John 5:29
- KJV: And shall come forth they that have done good unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation
- GK: και εκπορεύσονται οι τα αγαθά ποιήσαντες εις ανάστασιν ζωής οι δε τα φαύλα πράξαντες εις ανάστασιν κρίσεως
Titus 2:8
- KJV: Sound speech that cannot be condemned that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed having no evil thing to say of you
- GK: λόγον υγιή ακατάγνωστον ίνα ο εξ εναντίας εντραπή μηδέν έχων περί ημών λέγειν φαύλον
James 3:16
- KJV: For where envying and strife there confusion and every evil work
- GK: όπου γαρ ζήλος και ερίθεια εκεί ακαταστασία και παν φαύλον πράγμα
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