βέβηλος
bebēlos · profane, godless
Greek word · Strong’s number G952 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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bebēlos (βέβηλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “profane, godless”.
Profane: treating what is holy as common; godless.
How to say it
be·bē·los
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Treating what is holy as common.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- 1 Timothy 1:9
knowing this, that law is not laid down for a righteous person but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers and those who kill their mothers, for murderers,
- 1 Timothy 4:7
But refuse the profane and old wives’ myths. Rather, train yourself for godliness;
- 1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, turning away from the profane empty chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge,
- 2 Timothy 2:16
But avoid the profane empty chatter, for they will advance further in ungodliness,
- Hebrews 12:16
that no one be sexually immoral or profane like Esau, who in exchange for a single meal sold his own birthright.