Bébēlos — G952

Definition

adjective

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

1. accessible, lawful to be trodden
2. profane, equivalent to חֹל (i. e. unhallowed, common)

Usually translated as

profane

Origin

from the base of G939 and bēlós (a threshold)

• básis (G939)

Occurrences

Bébēlos occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Timothy (3), 2 Timothy (1), Hebrews (1)

• 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 (βεβήλοις), for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
• 1 Timothy 4:7 — But refuse profane (βεβήλους) 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 (βεβήλους) and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
• 2 Timothy 2:16 — But shun profane (βεβήλους) and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
• Hebrews 12:16 — Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person (βέβηλος), as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.