Bible Dictionary: Fables

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Greek

3454. muthos -- a speech, story, ie a fable
... true. Word Origin a prim. word Definition a speech, story, ie a fable NASB
Word Usage fables (1), myths (3), tales (1). fable. Perhaps ...
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Library

Lying Fables.
... Homily V. Chapter XXII."Lying Fables. "But those who will not subdue base
lusts belie the gods, that, by representing the gods ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxii lying fables.htm

Argument: Moreover, These Fables, which at First were Invented by ...
... Chapter XXII."Argument: Moreover, These Fables, Which at First Were Invented by
Ignorant Men, Were Afterwards Celebrated by Others, and Chiefly by Poets, Who ...
/.../the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxii argument moreover these fables.htm

What Fables were Invented at the Time when Judges Began to Rule ...
... Book XVIII. Chapter 13."What Fables Were Invented at the Time When Judges
Began to Rule the Hebrews. After the death of Joshua ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 13 what fables were invented.htm

Celsus Next Relates Other Fables, to the Effect that "Certain ...
... Chapter XXXIII. Celsus next relates other fables, to the effect that
"certain persons return to the shapes� Celsus next relates ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxiii celsus next relates.htm

But if You Come to the Conclusion that These Fables have Been ...
... Book V. 44 But if you come to the conclusion that these fables have been
written allegorically� But if you come to the conclusion ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/44 but if you come.htm

The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables ...
... Chapter II."The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables
About the Birth and Death of Their Gods. Explore not ...
/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter ii the absurdity and impiety.htm

The Worship of the Sun and Moon under God; Support Sought for the ...
... Chapter V."The Worship of the Sun and Moon Under God; Support Sought for the Manichæans
in the Grecian Fables; The Authority of the Scriptures and Faith ...
/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter v the worship of the.htm

The Devil, Since He Emulates the Truth, Has Invented Fables About ...
... Chapter LXIX."The devil, since he emulates the truth, has invented fables
about Bacchus, Hercules, and Æsculapius. "Be well assured ...
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To those who Say that Souls Existed Before Bodies, or that Bodies ...
... who say that souls existed before bodies, or that bodies were formed before souls;
wherein there is also a refutation of the fables concerning transmigration ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/xxviii to those who say.htm

He Delighted in Latin Studies and the Empty Fables of the Poets ...
... Book I. Chapter XIII."He Delighted in Latin Studies and the Empty Fables of the
Poets, But Hated the Elements of Literature and the Greek Language. 20. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xiii he delighted in latin.htm

Thesaurus

Fables (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Fables (5 Occurrences). ... (KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT).
1 Timothy 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables. ...
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Fable
... Applied in the New Testament to the traditions and speculations, "cunningly devised
fables", of the Jews on religious questions (1 Timothy 1:4; 4:7; 2 Timothy 4 ...
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Myths (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables. ... (See RSV NIV). 2 Timothy
4:4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables. ...
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Godly (50 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister
questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. (KJV WBS). ...
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Tales (4 Occurrences)
... them not. (KJV WBS). 1 Timothy 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables.
Exercise yourself toward godliness. (See NIV). 2 Peter ...
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Reject (56 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB ASV NAS NIV). 1 Timothy 4:7 and the profane and old women's
fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety, (YLT). ...
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Jewish (49 Occurrences)
... 24:24. In Titus 1:14 a warning is given against "Jewish fables" (in Greek
the adjective is found also in Galatians 2:14). The "Jews ...
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Fabric (8 Occurrences)

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Minds (137 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:4 nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which
bring questionings rather than further God's dispensation, which is in faith ...
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Heed (223 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister
questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. ...
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Bible Concordance

Fables (5 Occurrences)

1 Timothy 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Timothy 4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Timothy 4:4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Titus 1:14 not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Fables

Related Terms

Fable

Myths (5 Occurrences)

Godly (50 Occurrences)

Tales (4 Occurrences)

Reject (56 Occurrences)

Jewish (49 Occurrences)

Fabric (8 Occurrences)

Minds (137 Occurrences)

Heed (223 Occurrences)