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