Strong's Lexicon
G3454 — μύθος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3454 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μύθος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | perhaps from the base of G3466 (through the idea of tuition) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | muthos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | moo'-thos |
| Meaning: | 1. a tale, i.e. fiction ("myth") |
| KJV Renderings: | fable |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μῦθος, μυθου, ὁ, from Homer down;
1. a speech, word, saying.
2. a narrative, story;
a. a true narrative.
b. a fiction, a fable; universally, an invention, falsehood: 2Pe 1:16; the fictions of the Jewish theosophists and Gnostics, especially concerning the emanations and orders of the aeons, are called μυθοι (A. V. fables) in 1Ti 1:4; 1Ti 4:7; 2Ti 4:4; Tit 1:14. (Cf. Trench, § xc., and references under the word γεναλογια.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μῦθος (fable)
1 Timothy 1:4
- KJV: Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies which minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith
- GK: μηδέ προσέχειν μύθοις και γενεαλογίαις απεράντοις αίτινες ζητήσεις παρέχουσι μάλλον η οικονομίαν θεού την εν πίστει
1 Timothy 4:7
- KJV: But refuse profane and old wives’ fables and exercise thyself unto godliness
- GK: τους δε βεβήλους και γραώδεις μύθους παραιτού γύμναζε δε σεαυτόν προς ευσέβειαν
2 Timothy 4:4
- KJV: And they shall turn away ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables
- GK: και από μεν της αληθείας την ακοήν αποστρέψουσιν επί δε τους μύθους εκτραπήσονται
Titus 1:14
- KJV: Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men that turn from the truth
- GK: μη προσέχοντες Ιουδαϊκοίς μύθοις και εντολαίς ανθρώπων αποστρεφομένων την αλήθειαν
2 Peter 1:16
- KJV: For we have not followed cunningly devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ but were eyewitnesses of his majesty
- GK: ου γαρ σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις εξακολουθήσαντες εγνωρίσαμεν υμίν την του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού δύναμιν και παρουσίαν αλλ΄ επόπται γενηθέντες της εκείνου μεγαλειότητος
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