Greek noun (masculine) · G3454
μῦθος
mythosmoo'-thos
speech, conversation.; (a) a story, narrative (Hom.)
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mŷthos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3454is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3454
a tale, i.e. fiction ("myth")
The King James renders it: fable.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mythos is rendered "speech, conversation.; (a) a story, narrative (Hom.)". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "speech, conversation.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Timothy 1:4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
1 Timothy 1:4μύθοις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: speech, conversation., and (a) a story, narrative (Hom.).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| speech, conversation. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Timothy 1:4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies… |
| (a) a story, narrative (Hom.)__(b) later | Tagged as
| Where1 Timothy 1:4or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μύθοις3
- μύθους2
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural3N-DPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural2N-APM
1 Timothy
two uses
or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.
- μύθοιςmuthoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to myths
But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
- μύθουςmuthousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: fables
2 Timothy
one use
So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
- μύθουςmuthousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: myths
Titus
one use
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
- μύθοιςmuthoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: myths
2 Peter
one use
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- μύθοιςmuthoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: fables
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.