What does βέβηλος · μῦθος mean in the Bible?
βέβηλος · μῦθος is a Greek phrase meaning "profane myths, irreverent stories".
Greek · G952, G3454
βεβήλους ... μύθους
Profane · myth
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βέβηλος G952 profane
Pronunciation bébēlos
Unhallowed or profane; opposite of sacred; accessible to common use rather than set apart for God.
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μῦθος G3454 myth
Pronunciation mŷthos
A fabricated narrative explicitly opposed to true logos; a false story presented as authoritative truth.
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What does βεβήλους ... μύθους (bebēlous ... mythous) mean in the Bible?
βέβηλος · μῦθος is a Greek phrase meaning "profane myths, irreverent stories".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G952, G3454?
G952, G3454 is connected to 5 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. profane myths, irreverent stories
Source Gloss
profane myths, irreverent stories
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 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 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (4)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Heb 12:16 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Tim 1:9 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 1 Tim 6:20 · 2 Tim 2:16 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 1 Tim 4:7 1×
Word Origins
βεβήλους ... μύθους is built from this root:
βάσις G939
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