Strong G952βέβηλος
profane
- Transliteration
- bebēlos
- Pronunciation
- beb'-ay-los
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From the base of G939 and βηλός bēlos (a threshold);
accessible (as by crossing the door way) that is (by implication of Jewish notions) heathenish wicked: - profane (person).
accessible (as by crossing the door way) that is (by implication of Jewish notions) heathenish wicked: - profane (person).
Detailed definition
βέβηλος, -ον
(βαίνω, whence βηλός, a threshold), [in LXX chiefly for חֹל;]
1. permitted to be trodden, accessible (see DCG, ii, 422b); hence,
2. (opposite to ἱερός) unhallowed, profane: of things, 1Ti.4:7 6:20, 2Ti.2:16; of men, 1Ti.1:9, Heb.12:16 (cf. κοινός; Cremer, 140).
† (AS)
(βαίνω, whence βηλός, a threshold), [in LXX chiefly for חֹל;]
1. permitted to be trodden, accessible (see DCG, ii, 422b); hence,
2. (opposite to ἱερός) unhallowed, profane: of things, 1Ti.4:7 6:20, 2Ti.2:16; of men, 1Ti.1:9, Heb.12:16 (cf. κοινός; Cremer, 140).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G952 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- profane4
- person1
First verses
- 1 Timothy 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
- 1 Timothy 4:7But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
- 1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
- 2 Timothy 2:16But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
- Hebrews 12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βέβηλ-ος, ον,
Doric dialect βέβᾱλος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“IG” 3.3845, Ps.- Lysis Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 17.75)]: (βαίνω, βηλός):— allowable to be trodden, probably of ground (opposed to ἱερός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.8); καὶ πῶς β. ἄλσος ἂν ῥύοιτό μ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 509)]; ἢ πρὸς βεβήλοις ἢ πρὸς ἄλσεσιν θεῶν either on profane ground or.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 10; ἔς τε τἄβατα καὶ πρὸς βέβηλα [prev. author] “fragment” 88)]: hence generally, permitted, καὶ βέβηλα καὶ κεκρυμμένα λόγια public, current, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 404; ἐν βεβήλῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.97)]; βέβηλα permitted meats, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.65f.)]
II of persons, unhallowed, ={ἀμύητος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 154, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 245)]; impure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 648; β. τε καὶ ἄγροικος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b; β. καὶ ἀνόσια ἐνθυμήματα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.165)]: with genitive, uninitiated, τελετῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.298 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus); ἀποδεικτικῆς μεθόδου 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 12.6)]. adverb -λως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.523.)]
Doric dialect βέβᾱλος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“IG” 3.3845, Ps.- Lysis Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 17.75)]: (βαίνω, βηλός):— allowable to be trodden, probably of ground (opposed to ἱερός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.8); καὶ πῶς β. ἄλσος ἂν ῥύοιτό μ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 509)]; ἢ πρὸς βεβήλοις ἢ πρὸς ἄλσεσιν θεῶν either on profane ground or.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 10; ἔς τε τἄβατα καὶ πρὸς βέβηλα [prev. author] “fragment” 88)]: hence generally, permitted, καὶ βέβηλα καὶ κεκρυμμένα λόγια public, current, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 404; ἐν βεβήλῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.97)]; βέβηλα permitted meats, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.65f.)]
II of persons, unhallowed, ={ἀμύητος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 154, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 245)]; impure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 648; β. τε καὶ ἄγροικος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b; β. καὶ ἀνόσια ἐνθυμήματα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.165)]: with genitive, uninitiated, τελετῆς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.298 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus); ἀποδεικτικῆς μεθόδου 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 12.6)]. adverb -λως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.523.)]