Strong G3454μῦθος
myth
- Transliteration
- muthos
- Pronunciation
- moo'-thos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps from the same as G3453 (through the idea of tuition); a tale that is fiction (myth): - fable.
Detailed definition
μῦθος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Wis.17:4 A, Sir.20:19 *;]
1. speech, conversation.
2. (a) a story, narrative (Hom.);
__(b) later, opposite to λόγος (a true narrative) = Lat. fabula, a myth, fable, fiction: 1Ti.1:4 4:7, 2Ti.4:4, Tit.1:14, 2Pe.1:16.†
SYN.. λόγος, q.v (AS)
[in LXX: Wis.17:4 A, Sir.20:19 *;]
1. speech, conversation.
2. (a) a story, narrative (Hom.);
__(b) later, opposite to λόγος (a true narrative) = Lat. fabula, a myth, fable, fiction: 1Ti.1:4 4:7, 2Ti.4:4, Tit.1:14, 2Pe.1:16.†
SYN.. λόγος, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3454 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fable5
First verses
- 1 Timothy 1:4Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
- 1 Timothy 4:7But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
- 2 Timothy 4:4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
- Titus 1:14Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
- 2 Peter 1:16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μῦθος, ὁ,
word, speech, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and other Poets, in singular and plural, ἔπος καὶ μῦθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.561; opposed to ἔργον, μύθων τε ῥητῆρ᾽ ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.443, compare 19.242)]; especially mere word, μύθοισιν, opposed to ἔγχεϊ,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (18.252; ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1080 (_anapaest meter_), etc.:)] —in special relations:
2 public speech, μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.358; μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 194)]; μύθου ἐπισχεσίη the submission of a plea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.71; πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 725)]; μύθοισι κεκάσθαι to be skilled in speech, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.157.)]
3 conversation, mostly in plural, [Refs (4.214, 239, etc.)]
4 thing said, fact, matter, μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 744; τὸν ὄντα μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 346)]; threat, command, ἠπείλησεν μῦθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.388, compare 25, 16.83)]; charge, mission, [Refs (9.625)]; counsel, advice, [Refs (7.358.)]
5 thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design, 1.545 (plural); μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.676, compare 777; ἔχετ᾽ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον 15.445; ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι 19.502, compare 11.442)]; matter, θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι [Refs (22.289)]; μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν the reason why.., [Refs (3.140.)]
6 saying, κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 980a)]; οὐκ ἐμὸς ὁ μ. ἀλλ᾽.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 484, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 177a, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 56, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.601, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.661a)]; saw, proverb, τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 314 (_anapaest meter_).)]
7 talk of men, rumour, ἀγγελίαν.. τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 226 (Lyric poetry), compare 188 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 72)]; report, message, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 67 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1340.)]
II tale, story, narrative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.94, 4.324, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 11, etc.: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus like the later λόγος, without distinction of true or false, μ. παιδός)] of or about him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.492: so in Trag., ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ (χρόνῳ codex M.) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 713; μύθων τῶν Λιβυστικῶν [prev. author] “fragment” 139.1: in Prose, τὸν εἰκότα μ.)] the like ly story, like lihood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 29d: proverbial, μ. ἀπώλετο)], either of a story which never comes to an end, or of one told to those who do not listen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 59, 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 21, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 164d, compare “R.” 621b, “Lg.” 645b, “Phlb.” 14a)]; μ. ἐσώθη 'that's the end of the story', [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
II.2 fiction (opposed to λόγος, historic truth), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.29 (_plural_), “N.” 7.23 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, “Prt.” 320c, 324d, etc.)]
II.3 generally, fiction, μ. ἴδιοι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.5)]; legend, myth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330d, “Lg.” 636c, etc.; ὁ περὶ θεῶν μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.65U.; τοὺς μ. τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους γέγραφεν “SIG” 382.7 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).)]
II.4 professed work of fiction, children's story, fable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 377a)]; of Aesop's fables, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 356b11.)]
II.5 plot of a comedy or tragedy, [Refs ([prev. author] “Po.” 1449b5, 1450a4, 1451a16.)]
III ={στάσις}, [Refs (Panyasis Epicus in “Coll.Alex.” p.249, variant in Batrachomyomachia 135)]; compare μυθιήτης.
word, speech, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] and other Poets, in singular and plural, ἔπος καὶ μῦθος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.561; opposed to ἔργον, μύθων τε ῥητῆρ᾽ ἔμεναι πρηκτῆρά τε ἔργων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.443, compare 19.242)]; especially mere word, μύθοισιν, opposed to ἔγχεϊ,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (18.252; ἔργῳ κοὐκέτι μύθῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1080 (_anapaest meter_), etc.:)] —in special relations:
2 public speech, μ. ἄνδρεσσι μελήσει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.358; μύθοισιν σκολιοῖς 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 194)]; μύθου ἐπισχεσίη the submission of a plea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.71; πρὶν ἂν ἀμφοῖν μ. ἀκούσῃς, οὐκ ἂν δικάσαις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 725)]; μύθοισι κεκάσθαι to be skilled in speech, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.157.)]
3 conversation, mostly in plural, [Refs (4.214, 239, etc.)]
4 thing said, fact, matter, μῦθον δέ τοι οὐκ ἐπικεύσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 744; τὸν ὄντα μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 346)]; threat, command, ἠπείλησεν μῦθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.388, compare 25, 16.83)]; charge, mission, [Refs (9.625)]; counsel, advice, [Refs (7.358.)]
5 thing thought, unspoken word, purpose, design, 1.545 (plural); μύθων οὓς μνηστῆρες ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.676, compare 777; ἔχετ᾽ ἐν φρεσὶ μῦθον 15.445; ἔχε σιγῇ μ., ἐπίτρεψον δὲ θεοῖσι 19.502, compare 11.442)]; matter, θεοῖσι μῦθον ἐπιτρέψαι [Refs (22.289)]; μῦθον μυθείσθην, τοῦ εἵνεκα λαὸν ἄγειραν the reason why.., [Refs (3.140.)]
6 saying, κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 980a)]; οὐκ ἐμὸς ὁ μ. ἀλλ᾽.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 484, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 177a, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 56, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.601, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.661a)]; saw, proverb, τριγέρων μ. τάδε φωνεῖ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 314 (_anapaest meter_).)]
7 talk of men, rumour, ἀγγελίαν.. τὰν ὁ μέγας μ. ἀέξει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 226 (Lyric poetry), compare 188 (Lyric poetry, _plural_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 72)]; report, message, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 67 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1340.)]
II tale, story, narrative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.94, 4.324, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 11, etc.: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus like the later λόγος, without distinction of true or false, μ. παιδός)] of or about him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.492: so in Trag., ἀκούσει μῦθον ἐν βραχεῖ λόγῳ (χρόνῳ codex M.) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 713; μύθων τῶν Λιβυστικῶν [prev. author] “fragment” 139.1: in Prose, τὸν εἰκότα μ.)] the like ly story, like lihood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 29d: proverbial, μ. ἀπώλετο)], either of a story which never comes to an end, or of one told to those who do not listen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 59, 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 21, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 164d, compare “R.” 621b, “Lg.” 645b, “Phlb.” 14a)]; μ. ἐσώθη 'that's the end of the story', [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
II.2 fiction (opposed to λόγος, historic truth), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.29 (_plural_), “N.” 7.23 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61b, “Prt.” 320c, 324d, etc.)]
II.3 generally, fiction, μ. ἴδιοι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.5)]; legend, myth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330d, “Lg.” 636c, etc.; ὁ περὶ θεῶν μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.65U.; τοὺς μ. τοὺς ἐπιχωρίους γέγραφεν “SIG” 382.7 (Delos, 3rd c.BC).)]
II.4 professed work of fiction, children's story, fable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 377a)]; of Aesop's fables, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 356b11.)]
II.5 plot of a comedy or tragedy, [Refs ([prev. author] “Po.” 1449b5, 1450a4, 1451a16.)]
III ={στάσις}, [Refs (Panyasis Epicus in “Coll.Alex.” p.249, variant in Batrachomyomachia 135)]; compare μυθιήτης.