Strong's Greek · G952

G952 bébēlos

βέβηλος

beb'-ay-los

profane

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bébēlos appears 5 times in Scripture, in 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Hebrews. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked

In the King James Version

profane (person)

Derivation

from the base of G939 (βάσις) and βηλός (a threshold);

Appears 5 times in Scripture

1 Timothy 1:9

“We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,”

Hebrews 12:16

“See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.”

1 Timothy 4:7

“But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.”

2 Timothy 2:16

“But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,”

1 Timothy 6:20

“O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,””

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).