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Lexicon :: Strong's G952 - bebēlos

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βέβηλος
Transliteration
bebēlos (Key)
Pronunciation
beb'-ay-los
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of βάσις (G939) and belos (a threshold)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:604,104

Trench's Synonyms: ci. βέβηλος, κοινός.

Strong’s Definitions

βέβηλος bébēlos, beb'-ay-los; from the base of G939 and βηλός bēlós (a threshold); accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked:—profane (person).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G952 in the following manner: profane (4x), profane person (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G952 in the following manner: profane (4x), profane person (1x).

  1. accessible, lawful to be trodden

    1. of places

  2. profane

    1. unhallowed, common, public place

    2. of men, ungodly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βέβηλος bébēlos, beb'-ay-los; from the base of G939 and βηλός bēlós (a threshold); accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked:—profane (person).
STRONGS G952:
βέβηλος, -ον, (ΒΑΩ, βαίνω, βηλός threshold);
1. accessible, lawful to be trodden; properly, used of places; hence,
2. profane, equivalent to חֹל [i. e. unhallowed, common], Leviticus 10:10; 1 Samuel 21:4; opposed to ἅγιος (as in [Ezekiel 22:26]; Philo, vit. Moys. iii., § 18): 1 Timothy 4:7; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:16; of men, profane i. e. ungodly: 1 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 12:16. (Often in Greek writings from Aeschylus down.) [Cf. Trench, § 101.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
10:10
1 Samuel
21:4
Ezekiel
22:26
1 Timothy
1:9; 4:7; 6:20
2 Timothy
2:16
Hebrews
12:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G952 matches the Greek βέβηλος (bebēlos),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:9 - understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:7 - Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:20 - O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:16 - But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:16 - that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
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