φαῦλος

φαῦλος, -η, -ον

[in LXX: Ord 22,8 (עֶוֶל) Ord 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: Joh 3,20, Tit 2,8, Jak 3,16; opposite to ἀγαθός (which see), Joh 5,29, Rom 9,11, 2 Kor 5,10.†

SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος