Greek Word Study · Strong’s G952
βέβηλος
bebēlos · “profane”
Used 5 times across 3 books
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).
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(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).
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Where it appears
1 Timothy3
2 Timothy1
Hebrews1
In the text
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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