What does φαῦλος (phaûlos) mean in the Bible?
φαῦλος (phaûlos) is a Greek word meaning "evil".
Greek · G5337
φαῦλος
Evil
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φαῦλοςG5337
Pronunciationphaûlos
What does φαῦλος (phaûlos) mean in the Bible?
φαῦλος (phaûlos) is a Greek word meaning "evil".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5337?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bad (3), evil (3).
Where does φαῦλος (phaûlos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 3:20. Its strongest book concentrations include John (2), 2 Corinthians (1), James (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itbad3×Romans 9:11, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Titus 2:8
evil3×John 3:20, John 5:29, James 3:16
Show sample aligned rows
John 3:20φαῦλαtoevilAdjective - Accusative Neuter PluralJohn 5:29φαῦλαtoevilAdjective - Accusative Neuter PluralRomans 9:11φαῦλονtobadAdjective - Accusative Neuter Singular2 Corinthians 5:10φαῦλονtobadAdjective - Accusative Neuter SingularTitus 2:8φαῦλονtobadAdjective - Accusative Neuter SingularJames 3:16φαῦλονtoevilAdjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 3:20
Aligned rows6
Books represented5
John2Romans12 Corinthians1Titus1James1
Source forms
φαῦλον4xphaulonRomans 9:11, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Titus 2:8, James 3:16
φαῦλα2xphaulaJohn 3:20, John 5:29
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular3xRomans 9:11, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Titus 2:8
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural2xJohn 3:20, John 5:29
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular1xJames 3:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. evil
Strong'sG5337
Lexical occurrences6 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms6 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
evil
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 3:20Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
φαῦλαfaula
worthless, wicked, base
Read verseJohn 5:29Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
φαῦλαfaula
worthless, wicked, base
Read verseTitus 2:8Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
φαῦλον.faulon
worthless, wicked, base
Read verseJames 3:16Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
φαῦλονfaulon
worthless, wicked, base
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms6Case patternAccusative (5)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterJas 3:161×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterRom 9:11 · 2 Cor 5:10 · Titus 2:83×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterJohn 3:20 · John 5:292×
Word Origins
φαῦλος is a primary word - no further derivation.
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