φαῦλοςphaûlos, fow'-los; apparently a primary word; "foul" or "flawy", i.e. (figuratively)
wicked:—evil.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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STRONGS G5337:
φαῦλος, φαύλῃ, φαῦλον (akin to German faul andflau), easy, slight, ordinary, mean, worthless, of no account; ethically, bad, wicked, base (Theognis, (?), Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch): James 3:16; φαῦλοντίλέγεινπερίτίνος, Titus 2:8; φαῦλαπράσσειν (R. V.to do ill), John 3:20; τάφαῦλαπράσσειν opposed to τάἀγαθάποιεῖν, John 5:29; φαῦλον (opposed to ἀγαθόνπράσσειν, Romans 9:11LTTrWH; 2 Corinthians 5:10TTr text WH. (See Trench, Synonyms, § lxxxiv.)