Lexicon bebélos: Profane, ungodly, irreverent Original Word: βέβηλος Strong's Exhaustive Concordance profane person. From the base of basis and belos (a threshold); accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked -- profane (person). see GREEK basis HELPS Word-studies 952 bébēlos (an adjective, derived from bainō, "go" and bēlos, "a threshold to enter a building") – properly, improper, unauthorized entry – literally, "crossing a threshold" which profanes because of improper entrance. 952 /bébēlos ("profane because of improper entrance") refers to people unfit to access (know) God, because they approach Him apart from faith. See also 949 (bébaios). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom bélos (a threshold) Definition permitted to be trodden, by impl. unhallowed NASB Translation godless person (1), profane (1), worldly (3). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 952: βέβηλοςβέβηλος, βεβηλον (ΒΑΩ, βαίνω, βηλός threshold); 1. accessible, lawful to be trodden; properly, used of places; hence, 2. profane, equivalent to חֹל (i. e. unhallowed, common), Leviticus 10:10; 1 Samuel 21:4; opposed to ἅγιος (as in (Ezekiel 22:26); Philo, vit. Moys. iii., § 18): 1 Timothy 4:7; 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:16; of men, profane i. e. ungodly: 1 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 12:16. (Often in Greek writings from Aeschylus down.) (Cf. Trench, § 101.) Englishman's Concordance 1 Timothy 1:9 Adj-DMPGRK: ἀνοσίοις καὶ βεβήλοις πατρολῴαις καὶ NAS: for the unholy and profane, for those who kill KJV: and profane, for murderers of fathers INT: for [the] unholy and profane for murderers of fathers and 1 Timothy 4:7 Adj-AMP 1 Timothy 6:20 Adj-AFP 2 Timothy 2:16 Adj-AFP Hebrews 12:16 Adj-NMS Strong's Greek 952 |