G3454
μῦθος
myth
μῦθος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Wis.17:4 A, Sir.20:19 * ;] __1. speech, conversation. __2. (a) a story, narrative (Hom.); __(b) later, opposite to λόγος (a true narrative) = Lat. fabula, a myth, fable, fiction: 1Ti.1:4 4:7, 2Ti.4:4, Tit.1:14, 2Pe.1:16.† SYN.. λόγος, q.v (AS)
The KJV translates G3454 in the following manner:
fables (10x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
μῦθος — mŷthos
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: 2Pe 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 1Ti 1:4; 1Ti 4:7; 2Ti 4:4; Tit 1:14. (Cf. Trench, § xc., and references under the word γεναλογια.)
5 occurrences
I Timothy (2), II Timothy (1), Titus (1), II Peter (1)