verb
bebēlamō
Strong’sG953
I profane
stem bebēl-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† βεβηλόω, -ῶ
(< βέβηλος), [in LXX chiefly for חלל;]
SYN.: κοινόω, q.v.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G953 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbeb-ay-lo'-o
to desecrate
Fromfrom G952;
King Jamesprofane.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
profane, τὸ σάββατον LXX+NT+4th c.AD+
2 pollute, defile, τινά LXX+3rd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| bebēlalōβεβηλοῦσιν | happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural | break | 1× |
| bebēlaraβεβηλῶσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | desecrate | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | bebēlamō | bebēlame | bebēlami | bebēlama | bebēlamē | bebēlamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | bebēlasō | bebēlase | bebēlasi | bebēlasa | bebēlasē | bebēlaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bebēlatō | bebēlate | bebēlati | bebēlata | bebēlatē | bebēlatelē |
| we 1st person plural | bebēlanō | bebēlane | bebēlani | bebēlana | bebēlanē | bebēlanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | bebēlavō | bebēlave | bebēlavi | bebēlava | bebēlavē | bebēlavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | bebēlalō1×βεβηλοῦσιν | bebēlale | bebēlali | bebēlala | bebēlalē | bebēlalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | bebēlameiō | bebēlameia | bebēlameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | bebēlaseiō | bebēlaseia | bebēlaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bebēlateiō | bebēlateia | bebēlateiē |
| we 1st person plural | bebēlaneiō | bebēlaneia | bebēlaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | bebēlaveiō | bebēlaveia | bebēlaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | bebēlaleiō | bebēlaleia | bebēlaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | bebēlasōr | bebēlasar | bebēlasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bebēlatōr | bebēlatar | bebēlatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | bebēlavōr | bebēlavar | bebēlavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | bebēlalōr | bebēlalar | bebēlalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | bebēlamoiō | bebēlamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | bebēlasoiō | bebēlasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | bebēlatoiō | bebēlatoia |
| we 1st person plural | bebēlanoiō | bebēlanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | bebēlavoiō | bebēlavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | bebēlaloiō | bebēlaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | bebēlarō | bebēlari | bebēlara1×βεβηλῶσαι | bebēlarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | bebēlarōntos | bebēlarintos | bebēlarantos | bebēlarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
bebēl is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
bebēlalō“break”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 12:5… hierevois en te hiere tem sabbatem bebēlalō kai anaitiois alō?… Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
bebēlara“desecrate”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×
Acts 24:6hos kai tem hierem peirazata bebēlara, hon kai kratana,and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.