βέβηλος bebēlos · G0952

profane

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

βέβηλ-ος, ον, ; Doric dialect βέβᾱλος []: (βαίνω, βηλός):— allowable to be trodden, probably of ground (opposed to ἱερός, []; ἢ πρὸς βεβήλοις ἢ πρὸς ἄλσεσιν θεῶν either on profane ground or.., []: hence generally, permitted, καὶ βέβηλα καὶ κεκρυμμένα λόγια public, current, []; βέβηλα permitted meats, []; II of persons, unhallowed, ={ἀμύητος}, []; impure, []: with genitive, uninitiated, τελετῆς []. adverb -λως[]

Where it's used 5 times

1 Timothy 1:9 · 1 Timothy 4:7 · 1 Timothy 6:20 · 2 Timothy 2:16 · Hebrews 12:16

Source: TBESG G0952; TFLSJ G0952

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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