Greek adjective · G5337
φαῦλος
phaulosfow'-los
evil
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phaûlos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5337is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5337
"foul" or "flawy", i.e. (figuratively) wicked
The King James renders it: evil.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
phaulos is rendered "evil". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
John 3:20φαῦλα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in John.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- evil6
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- φαῦλα2
- φαῦλον2
- φαῦλον.¶2
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular3A-ASN
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural2A-APN
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1A-NSN
John
two uses
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- φαῦλαphaulaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: evil
and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
- φαῦλαphaulaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: evil
Romans
one use
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
- φαῦλονphaulonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: evil
2 Corinthians
one use
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- φαῦλον.¶phaulonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: evil
Titus
one use
and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
- φαῦλον.¶phaulonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: evil
James
one use
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
- φαῦλονphaulonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: evil
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.