φαῦλος, -η, -ον
[in LXX: Pro.22:8 (עֶוֶל) Pro.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: Jhn.3:20, Tit.2:8, Jas.3:16; opposite to ἀγαθός (which see), Jhn.5:29, Rom.9:11, 2Co.5:10.†
SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος (AS)