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βέβηλος

bebēlosG:A

profane

βέβηλος, -ον (βαίνω, whence βηλός, a threshold), [in LXX chiefly for חֹל ;] __1. permitted to be trodden, accessible (see DCG, ii, 422b); hence, __2. (opposite to ἱερός) unhallowed, profane: of things, 1Ti.4:7 6:20, 2Ti.2:16; of men, 1Ti.1:9, Heb.12:16 (cf. κοινός; Cremer, 140). † (AS)

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βέβηλος — bébēlos

βέβηλος, 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), Lev 10:10; 1Sa 21:4; opposed to ἅγιος (as in (Eze 22:26); Philo, vit. Moys. iii., § 18): 1Ti 4:7; 1Ti 6:20; 2Ti 2:16; of men, profane i. e. ungodly: 1Ti 1:9; Heb 12:16. (Often in Greek writings from Aeschylus down.) (Cf. Trench, § 101.)

5 occurrences

I Timothy (3), II Timothy (1), Hebrews (1)