G952: βέβηλος
bébēlos · “profane”
Definition
accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked
KJV translates it as: profane (person)
Word origin: from the base of G939 (βάσις) and (a threshold);
Extended definition
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G952 is translated
- profane ×2
- profane, ×1
- worldly ×1
- profane person ×1
Bible verses with G952 (bébēlos)
Bébēlos appears in 5 verses.
- 1 Timothy 1:9
Knowing 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 4:7
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
- 1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
- 2 Timothy 2:16
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
- Hebrews 12:16
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.