What does φαῦλος (phaûlos) mean in the Bible?
φαῦλος (phaûlos) is a Greek word meaning "evil".
Greek · G5337
φαῦλος
Evil
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φαῦλος G5337
Pronunciation phaûlos
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 It bad 3× Romans 9:11, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Titus 2:8
evil 3× John 3:20, John 5:29, James 3:16
Show sample aligned rows
John 3:20 φαῦλα to evil Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural John 5:29 φαῦλα to evil Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Romans 9:11 φαῦλον to bad Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 2 Corinthians 5:10 φαῦλον to bad Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Titus 2:8 φαῦλον to bad Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular James 3:16 φαῦλον to evil Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 3:20
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 5
John 2 Romans 1 2 Corinthians 1 Titus 1 James 1
Source forms
φαῦλον 4x phaulon Romans 9:11, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Titus 2:8, James 3:16
φαῦλα 2x phaula John 3:20, John 5:29
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 3x Romans 9:11, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Titus 2:8
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x John 3:20, John 5:29
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x James 3:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. evil
Strong's G5337
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
evil
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 3:20 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
φαῦλα faula
worthless, wicked, base
Read verse John 5:29 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
φαῦλα faula
worthless, wicked, base
Read verse Titus 2:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
φαῦλον. faulon
worthless, wicked, base
Read verse James 3:16 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
φαῦλον faulon
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Jas 3:16 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rom 9:11 · 2 Cor 5:10 · Titus 2:8 3×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter John 3:20 · John 5:29 2×
Word Origins
φαῦλος is a primary word - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain