Greek adjective · G952
βέβηλος
bebelosbeb'-ay-los
permitted to be trodden, accessible; (opposite to ἱερός)
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: bébēlos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G952is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G952
accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked
The King James renders it: profane (person).
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
bebelos is rendered "permitted to be trodden, accessible; (opposite to ἱερός)". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "permitted to be trodden, accessible".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Timothy 1:9We 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,
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
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,
1 Timothy 1:9βεβήλοις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: permitted to be trodden, accessible, and (opposite to ἱερός).
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| permitted to be trodden, accessible(see DCG, ii, 422b); hence | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Timothy 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious… |
| (opposite to ἱερός)unhallowed, profane | Tagged as
| Where1 Timothy 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| βεβηλόω | bebeloo | to profane | Uses2 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- βεβήλους3
- βεβήλοις1
- βέβηλος1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural2A-APF
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural1A-APM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1A-DPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1A-NSM
1 Timothy
three uses
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,
- βεβήλοιςbebeloisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: profane
But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
- βεβήλουςbebelousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: profane
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
- βεβήλουςbebelousadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: profane
2 Timothy
one use
But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness,
- βεβήλουςbebelousadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: worldly
Hebrews
one use
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
- βέβηλοςbebelosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: profane person
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.