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Strong's G5337 · Greek

φαῦλος

phaulos · fow'-los

apparently a primary word; "foul" or "flawy", i.e. (figuratively) wicked


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φαῦλος (G5337)

6 φαῦλος , -η, -ον [in LXX: Pr 22:8 ( עַוְלָה ) 29:9 ( אֳבִיל ), etc. ;] slight, worthless, of no account , both of persons and things in various shades of meaning (v. LS, s.v.), in NT, as freq. in cl., always with distinct moral reference (v. Ellic., Past. Epp ., 203; Hort, Ja. , 85; Tr., Syn. , lxxxiv), worthless, bad : Jo 3:20 , Tit 2:8 , Ja 3:16 ; opp. to ἀγαθός (q.v.), Jo 5:29 , Ro 9:11 , II Co 5:10 .† SYN. : v.s. ἄθεσμος

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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