◄ 3454. muthos ►
Strong's Concordance muthos: a speech, story, i.e. a fable Original Word: μῦθος, ου, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: muthos Phonetic Spelling: (moo'-thos) Short Definition: an idle tale, fable Definition: an idle tale, fable, fanciful story. HELPS Word-studies 3454 mýthos – a myth; a false account, yet posing to be the truth; a fabrication (fable) which subverts (replaces) what is actually true. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3454: μῦθος μῦθος, μυθου, ὁ, from Homer down; 1. a speech, word, saying. 2. a narrative, story; a. a true narrative. b. a fiction, a fable; universally, an invention, falsehood: 2 Peter 1:16; the fictions of the Jewish theosophists and Gnostics, especially concerning the emanations and orders of the aeons, are called μυθοι (A. V. fables) in 1 Timothy 1:4; 1 Timothy 4:7; 2 Timothy 4:4; Titus 1:14. (Cf. Trench, § xc., and references under the word γεναλογια.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fable. Perhaps from the same as mueo (through the idea of tuition); a tale, i.e. Fiction ("myth") -- fable. see GREEK mueo Forms and Transliterations μυθοις μύθοις μυθους μύθους μύιαι μυίαις μυίαν μυϊαν muthois muthous mythois mýthois mythous mýthous Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 3454 5 Occurrences μύθοις — 3 Occ. μύθους — 2 Occ. 1 Timothy 1:4 N-DMP GRK: μηδὲ προσέχειν μύθοις καὶ γενεαλογίαις NAS: to pay attention to myths and endless KJV: give heed to fables and INT: nor to give heed to fables and genealogies 1 Timothy 4:7 N-AMP GRK: καὶ γραώδεις μύθους παραιτοῦ γύμναζε NAS: with worldly fables fit only for old women. KJV: and old wives' fables, and exercise INT: and silly fables refuse train 2 Timothy 4:4 N-AMP GRK: δὲ τοὺς μύθους ἐκτραπήσονται NAS: and will turn aside to myths. KJV: shall be turned unto fables. INT: moreover fables will be turned aside Titus 1:14 N-DMP GRK: προσέχοντες Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις καὶ ἐντολαῖς NAS: to Jewish myths and commandments KJV: to Jewish fables, and INT: giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments 2 Peter 1:16 N-DMP GRK: γὰρ σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις ἐξακολουθήσαντες ἐγνωρίσαμεν NAS: cleverly devised tales when we made known KJV: cunningly devised fables, when we made known INT: indeed cleverly-imagined fables having followed out we made known 5 Occurrences